# Bun Bo Hue

A spicy Vietnamese noodle soup with beef and pork.

- Total time: 360 min
- Cuisine: Vietnamese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Beef shank
- Beef tendon
- Pineapple
- Lemongrass
- Garlic
- Shallots
- Bun Bo Hue powder
- Annatto seed oil
- MSG
- Fermented shrimp paste
- Coca Rico soda
- Vermicelli noodles
- Pig feet
- Pork blood
- Cha Lua (Vietnamese ham)
- Cilantro
- White onion
- Lime
- Herbs
- Bean sprouts

## Instructions

1. Start by preparing the soup base with pineapple and lemongrass.
2. Cook the beef shank and beef tendon for 6 hours in the soup.
3. Heat oil in a pan.
4. Add minced lemongrass, garlic, and shallots to the hot oil.
5. Cook until the mixture turns golden.
6. Add Bun Bo Hue powder to the pan.
7. Add annatto seed oil to the powder for more color.
8. Add MSG, also referred to as 'Vietnamese crack', to the mixture.
9. Add fermented shrimp paste to the pan.
10. Pour Coca Rico soda into the fermented shrimp paste jar to rinse out the remaining paste and add it to the pan.
11. Stir everything together in the pan.
12. Pour the flavorful mixture from the pan into the large pot of soup.
13. Place cooked vermicelli noodles in a bowl.
14. Add slices of beef shank, beef tendon, pig feet, pork blood, and Cha Lua (Vietnamese ham) on top of the noodles.
15. Garnish with cilantro and ring onion.
16. Ladle the hot Bun Bo Hue soup over the ingredients in the bowl.
17. Squeeze fresh lime juice over the soup.
18. Add fresh herbs and bean sprouts.

## Equipment

- large pot
- frying pan
- ladle
- bowl
- chopsticks
- spoon

## Tips

- Cook the meat for 6 hours to make the soup.
- Use annatto seed oil for more color.
- Don't waste any ingredients; use Coca Rico soda to rinse out the last bits of fermented shrimp paste from the jar.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMtgqMBe/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/17f6c11b-4479-41ed-a2df-982787f1def6
- Extracted: 2025-11-10

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