Beef pho
A Vietnamese dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 18 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 38 minPrep (about)
- 40 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 18 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 8 oz sirloin steak
Fresh & other
- 4 ¼ cups beef stock Shopping tip: Beef broth (carton or can), or a beef bouillon cube in hot water.
- 1 onion
- 1 ginger
- ½ tsp cloves
- 1 tsp palm sugar
- 7 oz rice noodles
- 2 green onions Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).
- 1 birds-eye chillie Shopping tip: Very hot. Asian markets have them; 1 serrano can stand in for 2.
- Handful basil Shopping tip: Fresh leaves, not dried. Thai basil is best; regular basil works.
- Handful cilantro
- 1 lime
Sauces & oils
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce
Spices & seasonings (3): cinnamon stick, star anises, coriander seeds
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anises
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Tip your beef stock along with 2 cups of water in a large pot.
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Sit your onion plus ginger in frying pan over a high heat plus char on every side, around 3-5 mins.
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Wait until charred.
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Add to the beef stock.
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Toast your spices for 2-3 mins and when they begin to smell fragrant in the same pan.
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Add them to the beef stock as fully.
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Bring the stock to the boil.
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Turn to a simmer.
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Cook for 30mins before straining.
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While that cooks, cut your fat from your steak and wrap in cling film.
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Put in your freezer for 15 mins – this will make steak easy to slice.
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Slice it thinly.
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Cover with cling film again and pop in the fridge.
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Taste the beef stock and soy, fish sauce and use the palm sugar to season.
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Heat your noodles according to package instructions plus split between two bowls, topping every with the sliced beef.
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Bring the stock to the boil.
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Pour into the bowls.
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Top each with herbs, chilli slices and the spring onions.
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Dish up with the lime wedges to squeeze over.
On the side: Cucumber salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Thinly slice the cucumbers.
- Toss with the rice vinegar and a pinch of salt. Let it sit a few minutes.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.