Beef Pho

Name: Beef Pho
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 4 cm (1½ inch) piece ginger, sliced; 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) beef shin bones; 1 star anise; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 200 g (7 oz) fresh rice noodles; ½ onion, studded with 2 cloves; 2 lemongrass stems, bruised; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper; 300 g (10½ oz) beef fillet, partially frozen, thinly sliced; 90 g (3¼ oz/1 cup) bean sprouts, tailed; 2 spring onions (scallions), thinly sliced; coriander (cilantro) leaves; 2 limes, quartered; 1 red chilli, thinly sliced; Vietnamese mint leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) beef shin bones
1

Asia
Vietnam
Main course
Soup
South East Asia
Breakfast
Gluten-free

Method

Put the shin bones, star anise, ginger, onion, lemongrass, garlic, white pepper and 2 litres (8 cups) water in a wok and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to very low