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🍲 Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup (Pho Bo)

640 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Bring a pot with about 1 liter of salted water to a boil.
  2. 2. Place rice noodles in a bowl and pour hot water over them.
  3. 3. Let the noodles soak in the hot water until they are soft.
  4. 4. Peel a piece of ginger root and finely chop the flesh.
  5. 5. Halve shallots, peel them, and slice them into thin rounds.
  6. 6. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pot over high heat.
  7. 7. Fry the chopped ginger and shallots for about 1 minute.
  8. 8. Deglaze the pot with beef broth.
  9. 9. Add cinnamon sticks and star anise to the broth.
  10. 10. Simmer the broth for about 10 minutes on low heat.
  11. 11. Wash spring onions and shake them dry.
  12. 12. Slice the spring onions into fine rings.
  13. 13. Wash the pak choi and remove the hard base at the bottom.
  14. 14. Carefully separate the pak choi leaves from each other.
  15. 15. Wash the mint and coriander and shake them dry.
  16. 16. Pluck the leaves off the mint and coriander stems.
  17. 17. Wash a chili pepper and slice it into thin rounds.
  18. 18. Wash a lime and cut it into eight wedges.
  19. 19. Wash the beef and pat it dry with kitchen paper.
  20. 20. Cut the beef into strips about 1 centimeter wide.
  21. 21. Season the broth to taste with salt and pepper.
  22. 22. Add the pak choi, spring onions, and beef to the hot broth.
  23. 23. Let the ingredients sit in the broth for about 5 minutes.
  24. 24. Distribute the drained noodles onto the soup bowls.
  25. 25. Pour the hot pho soup over the noodles.
  26. 26. Garnish the bowls with coriander, mint, chili, and lime wedges.

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