Homemade Pho

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Homemade Pho 🍜 (traditional Vietnamese noodle soup)

Ingredients:

Broth 🍲

🥩 5 to 6 pounds of beef knuckles or leg bones

💧 6 quarts cold water

🧅 2 medium onions, quartered

🧄 4-inch piece of fresh ginger, halved lengthwise

🍃 2 cinnamon sticks

🌿 1 tbsp coriander seeds

🌱 1 tbsp fennel seeds

⭐ 6 star anise

🍂 6 whole cloves

🌑 1 black cardamom pod

🧂 1 ½ tablespoons salt

🐟 1/4 cup fish sauce

🍬 1-inch piece yellow rock sugar

Assembly 🍜

🍜 1 pound small "banh pho" noodles

🥩 1/2 pound raw eye of round, sirloin, or tri-tip steak, thinly sliced

🧅 1/4 cup thinly sliced onions

🌿 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves

Intsructions:

Prepare Bones: Add beef bones to a large pot, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil. Boil for 3-5 minutes to release impurities. Drain, rinse, and return bones to the pot.

Char Onions and Ginger: Broil quartered onions and halved ginger on a baking sheet until charred (10-15 minutes).

Toast Spices: Toast cinnamon sticks, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, star anise, cloves, and black cardamom in a pan until fragrant. Place in a muslin bag or cheesecloth.

Simmer Broth: Add charred onion, ginger, and spice bag to the pot with bones. Add salt, fish sauce, and rock sugar. Simmer uncovered for 3 hours, removing any foam.

Strain Broth: Remove bones, onion, and ginger. Strain broth through a fine mesh strainer. Skim fat or refrigerate to solidify and remove later.

Prepare Noodles: If using dried noodles, soak in hot water for 15-20 minutes. If using fresh, rinse with cold water.

Cook Noodles: Boil a saucepan of water and cook noodles for about 10 seconds. Drain and divide among bowls.

Assemble Bowls: Arrange slices of raw meat in bowls, then pour hot broth over them. Add onion slices and cilantro.

Serve with Garnishes: Provide fresh mint, basil, bean sprouts, sliced red chilies, lime wedges, fish sauce, and hoisin sauce on the side.

Pro Tips:

Refrigerate broth to easily remove solidified fat.

Enjoy 🍜✨

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