PHO BO (VIETNAMESE BEEF NOODLE SOUP)

 

 

Pho is the iconic dish from Vietnam. It is fresh and aromatic, light and healthy, even when you use the stock cubes  they are so different to other stock cubes and makes for a quick and tasty meal.  Sheila loves it.

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 portion of .ASIAN BEEF STOCK.

……..or if life is too short, you can buy Pho Bo stock cubes from Asian supermarkets.

For the soup:
300g rice noodles (Banh pho)
200g fillet steak
10g Thai sweet basil leaves
10g mint leaves
10g coriander leaves
5 red Bird eye chillis thinly sliced
2 limes cut into wedges
8 spring onions trimmed and sliced, keep the white and green seperated.
4 Tablespoons of fish sauce
100g bean sprouts.

Method

Bring the Asian beef stock (or two Pho bo stock cubes) to a boil.

Soak the noodles in boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain.

Slice the steak very thinly.

Put the herbs, line wedges and chilli into 5 separate bowls.

Add the white part of the spring onions and the fish sauce To the stock. Drain the noodles and divide between 4 serving bowls.

Top with the steak and the green part of the spring onions, and the bean sprouts.

Ladle over the stock, and Serve with the garnishes. Each guest adding them according to taste.

 

Sorted.

 

original recipe   Rick Stein. far eastern odyssey

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