PHO BO Vietnamese Beef and Rice Noodle Soup
From chefelaine 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Traditional Vietnamese beef soup, healthy, and delicious, this soup is easy to make, and your family will love it!
Ingredients
- 3 qt beef broth shopping list
- 12 each Fresh ginger root slices shopping list
- 3 each lemongrass stalks coarsely chopped shopping list
- 6 oz shallots sliced thin, with additional as desired for garnish shopping list
- 1 each cinnamon stick shopping list
- 3 oz Nuoc nam (Vietnamese fish sauce) or nam pla (Thai fish sauce) shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
- 1.5 lb beef tenderloin or other tender beef steak , raw shopping list
- 1.5 lb rice sticks (like rice 'spaghetti') shopping list
- as desired each mung bean sprouts for garnish shopping list
- as desired each fresh mint leaves for garnish shopping list
- as desired each fresh cilantro leaves for garnish shopping list
- as desired each Fresh red chiles seeded and sliced thin, for garnish shopping list
- as desired each lime wedges for garnish shopping list
- as desired each Chile paste with garlic for garnish shopping list
How to make it
- Combine the broth, ginger, lemon grass, shallots, and cinnamon stick in a stockpot.
- Simmer 30 minutes.
- Strain. Discard the solids.
- Add the fish sauce.
- Taste and add salt if necessary
- Partially freeze the beef to make it easier to slice.
- Slice the beef into paper-thin slices.
- Just before serving, drop the rice sticks into boiling water.
- Bring the water back to a boil and drain immediately.
- bring the broth back to a boil.
- Place each garnish in a separate bowl and arrange on the dining table.
- Place 2 oz beef slices in the bottom of each soup bowl.
- Ladle 8 fl oz broth over the beef slices.
- The boiling broth cooks the beef in moments.
- Add rice noodles to the bowl.
- Allow guests to help themselves to garnishes to flavor soup as desired.
The Rating
Reviewed by 47 people-
Sounds Great Elaine!! 55555 :)
lanacountry
in Macon loved it
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Sounds fresh and delicious! I am bookmarking to try this later. Thanks!
kidaria
in BC loved it
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Now I know where the beautiful smell of Vietnamese Soup was coming from! Elaine was cooking!
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in Toronto loved it
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