# Restaurant-style Pho at Home

A recipe for making restaurant-quality pho at home using store-bought pho kits and beef back ribs, with a total cooking time of about 2 hours.

- Total time: 125 min
- Cuisine: Vietnamese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- pho kit
- 7 ribs beef back ribs
- boiling water
- five spice bread
- coriander
- cinnamon stick
- star anise
- 2 cloves
- ginger
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- chicken bouillon
- salt
- cilantro, chopped
- jalapeno, chopped
- lime
- scallion, chopped
- culantro, chopped
- yellow onion, thinly sliced
- rice noodle
- pho spices
- broth mix
- hoisin sauce
- sriracha sauce
- dried chives
- 30 ounces water
- beef broth
- chili oil

## Instructions

1. Pick up a pho kit from Walmart.
2. Go to the meat department and pick up beef back ribs, about 7 ribs worth.
3. Slice the beef back ribs.
4. Add five ribs to boiling water.
5. Optionally, add a five-spice bread to the boiling water.
6. Add coriander, cinnamon stick, star anise, a couple of cloves, ginger, one to two tablespoons of fish sauce, chicken bouillon, and salt to the boiling water.
7. Bring the mixture to a boil.
8. Cover and reduce to medium-low heat, letting it boil between an hour and a half to two hours until the ribs are tender.
9. While waiting for the ribs, chop cilantro, jalapeno, lime, scallion, culantro, and thinly slice yellow onion for toppings.
10. Open the pho starter kit, which includes rice noodles, pho spices, broth mix, hoisin sauce, sriracha sauce, and dried chives.
11. After two hours, the beef back ribs should be beautiful, nice, and tender.
12. Add 30 ounces of water to a pot.
13. Add beef broth and the spice bag from the pho kit.
14. Don't forget to add the dried chives.
15. Bring this mixture to a boil.
16. Once it starts boiling, time for five minutes.
17. After five minutes, remove the spice bag.
18. Add the rice noodles.
19. Let this boil for an additional minute.
20. Give it a nice stir.
21. Serve the pho with sriracha, hoisin, and chili oil.

## Equipment

- pot
- chopsticks

## Tips

- When making pho, use a pho kit for authentic restaurant-quality taste.
- Slice beef back ribs before cooking to tenderize them, which takes about two hours.
- To prepare the pho broth, add the five-spice blend (coriander, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, ginger) to boiling water along with fish sauce, chicken bouillon, and salt.
- Bring the broth to a boil, then cover and reduce to medium-low heat to simmer for an hour and a half to two hours until the ribs are tender.
- While the ribs are cooking, chop cilantro, jalapeno, lime, scallion, culantro, and thinly slice yellow onion for toppings.
- For the final pho preparation, use 30 ounces of water, add beef broth, and the pho spice bag, and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, time for 5 minutes, then remove the spice bag and add the rice noodles, boiling for an additional minute.
- Serve with sriracha, hoisin, and chili oil.
- Always cook with love and enjoy.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-03-01

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