# Phở Bò

A simple recipe for Phở, the most famous Vietnamese noodle soup in the world.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Total time: 90 min
- Cuisine: Vietnamese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 kg beef marrow/knuckle bones
- 500 g beef
- 1 onion
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 pieces ginger
- 3 star anise
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3 black cardamoms
- 1 medium onion
- 1 kg dried flat rice noodle
- 300 g fresh beef
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 4 spring onion
- 1 Asian/Thai basil
- 1 Sawtooth herbs
- 1 bean sprouts
- 1 lime wedges
- 1 hoisin sauce
- 1 siracha

## Instructions

1. Place the beef bones in a pot, fill with water and bring to boil over high heat.
2. After boiling for about 5-10 minutes, dump out the whole pot and rinse the bones well under running water.
3. Place the bones into a large pot, fill with 5 liters of water.
4. Add a tablespoon of salt, a tablespoon of sugar and one peeled onion.
5. Add in the beef and bring to a boil, then lower the heat to medium and cook for about 1-2 hours. Do not cover the pot and occasionally skim off the scum and the fat.
6. To create the aroma of Pho, grill two pieces of ginger, three star anise, two cinnamon sticks, two to three black cardamom and one onion directly on the stove until they are charred.
7. Stuff all the small items into a large tea bag.
8. Peel the onion and scrub off the charred parts.
9. Add all the grilled items to the pot.
10. Depending on the cut of beef, it might take about one to two hours to cook. When it's cooked, soak the beef in a bowl of cold water for about 10 minutes to prevent the meat from turning dark and drying up.
11. Remove the onions from the pot.
12. Add seasoning powder, salt, sugar, fish sauce to your taste.
13. Drain the beef and slice thinly into bite-sized pieces.
14. Slice some fresh raw beef thinly.
15. For the garnishes, slice onion into paper-thin slices, then soak in a bowl of ice cold water.
16. Detach the white and the green parts of the spring onion and then chop up the green parts.
17. Blanch the bean sprouts in hot water for about 10 seconds.
18. If you use dry noodles, soak them in cold water to let them soften a bit, then blanch them in boiling water.
19. To assemble the dish, fill the bowl one-third full of noodles and place on your beef slices, onions and some black peppers. Pour the hot soup over and serve.

## Equipment

- pot
- tea bag
- knife
- stove

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bIjDYEs6Qc
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7b665fdc-50a0-483c-800d-939451e983c2
- Extracted: 2025-02-12

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