Beef Easy Main Asian

Traditional Vietnamese beef pho

Name: Vietnamese beef pho recipe: our best-ever soup and noodles
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: /asian, /asian recipes
Ingredients: 1L (4 cups) beef stock; 5cm piece of ginger, halved; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 2 garlic cloves, sliced; 3 star anise; 2 cinnamon quills, lightly crushed; 2 tablespoons caster sugar; 1/3 cup (80ml) fish sauce; 350g flat rice noodles; 350g beef fillet, thinly sliced; 2 long red chillies, sliced; 125g bean sprouts; A handful of basil; A handful of mint; A handful of coriander leaves; 6 spring onions, thinly sliced

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by Louise Pickford

Food stylist and author

Sep 09, 2019

Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup, where thin strips of beef are ‘cooked’ in a hot, aromatic broth in the serving bowl – this keeps the meat meltingly tender.

1L (4 cups) beef stock
5cm piece of ginger, halved
1 onion, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, sliced
3 star anise
2 cinnamon quills, lightly crushed
2 tablespoons caster sugar
1/3 cup (80ml) fish sauce
350g flat rice noodles
350g beef fillet, thinly sliced
2 long red chillies, sliced
125g bean sprouts
A handful of basil
A handful of mint
A handful of coriander leaves
6 spring onions, thinly sliced

Method

1.

Place the stock in a large saucepan with the ginger, onion, garlic, star anise, cinnamon, sugar, fish sauce and 1L (4 cups) water. Bring to the boil and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes. Strain, discarding solids.
2.

Meanwhile, cook noodles according to the packet instructions and drain well.
3.

To serve, divide the noodles among 4 bowls and top with the sliced beef. Ladle over the hot stock, then top with the chilli, bean sprouts, basil, mint, coriander and spring onions.