Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup)

Marc · 09-18-2007, 02:44 PM

Yield: 3 Servings

Ingredients:

4 lb. beef shin with bones or 2 medium oxtails, cut up. 1 medium onion, unpeeled
5 slices fresh ginger
1 piece star anise
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 T. Chinese fish sauce
1 bundle medium Chinese vermicelli
Boiling water
1/2 lb. leftover cooked sirloin (or beef tenderloin or eye chuck), thinly sliced)
3 scallions, chopped
Fresh cilantro sprigs
Pepper
Fresh chiles, sliced

Boil beef (with bones) or oxtails in 3 quarts cold water. Skim off foam and fat. Cover and simmer for 4 hours.

Broil onion until flesh is soft, turning often. Peel. Add onion, ginger, anise, salt, and fish sauce to beef broth just before it has finished simmering.
Also just before beef broth finishes simmering, drop vermicelli into a pot of boiling water.

Cook 8 minutes, remove from water, rinse in cold water, and drain. Divide vermicelli into three equal portions and place in 3 individual serving bowls.

Divide beef into 3 equal portions and place on top of vermicelli in the bowls.

Garnish each bowl with scallions and 2 or 3 fresh cilantro sprigs.

Strain broth, reserving beef and flavorings. Pour one cup broth over contents of each bowl. Sprinkle with pepper and chiles.

Serve immediately. Reserved beef, flavorings, and extra broth can be eaten separately.

jessa · 09-18-2007, 02:50 PM

MMmmm. Let the cravings begin. Thanks a lot.

Marc · 09-18-2007, 02:55 PM

you should make it then

jessa · 09-18-2007, 02:57 PM

I'm more of a 30-minute meal kind of chick.

09-18-2007, 02:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Marc Administrator GCB Senior Citizen Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The hearts of women everywhere. Age: 28 Posts: 2,705 Rep Power: 47	Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup) Yield: 3 Servings Ingredients: 4 lb. beef shin with bones or 2 medium oxtails, cut up. 1 medium onion, unpeeled 5 slices fresh ginger 1 piece star anise 1 tsp. salt 2 1/2 T. Chinese fish sauce 1 bundle medium Chinese vermicelli Boiling water 1/2 lb. leftover cooked sirloin (or beef tenderloin or eye chuck), thinly sliced) 3 scallions, chopped Fresh cilantro sprigs Pepper Fresh chiles, sliced Boil beef (with bones) or oxtails in 3 quarts cold water. Skim off foam and fat. Cover and simmer for 4 hours. Broil onion until flesh is soft, turning often. Peel. Add onion, ginger, anise, salt, and fish sauce to beef broth just before it has finished simmering. Also just before beef broth finishes simmering, drop vermicelli into a pot of boiling water. Cook 8 minutes, remove from water, rinse in cold water, and drain. Divide vermicelli into three equal portions and place in 3 individual serving bowls. Divide beef into 3 equal portions and place on top of vermicelli in the bowls. Garnish each bowl with scallions and 2 or 3 fresh cilantro sprigs. Strain broth, reserving beef and flavorings. Pour one cup broth over contents of each bowl. Sprinkle with pepper and chiles. Serve immediately. Reserved beef, flavorings, and extra broth can be eaten separately. __________________ GCB Myspace Need Guitar Tabs? Need Song Lyrics?

09-18-2007, 02:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Marc Administrator GCB Senior Citizen Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The hearts of women everywhere. Age: 28 Posts: 2,705 Rep Power: 47	you should make it then __________________ GCB Myspace Need Guitar Tabs? Need Song Lyrics?

09-18-2007, 02:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
jessa The Beast Band Whore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ocean Springs, you know, next to Biloxi Age: 20 Posts: 570 Rep Power: 10	MMmmm. Let the cravings begin. Thanks a lot.

09-18-2007, 02:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
jessa The Beast Band Whore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ocean Springs, you know, next to Biloxi Age: 20 Posts: 570 Rep Power: 10	I'm more of a 30-minute meal kind of chick.