How to Build a Bowl of Pho

Name: How to Build a Bowl of Pho
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: Bring a large saucepan filled with water to a boil.; Place a handful of noodles (fresh or cooked dried noodles) in a long-handle noodle strainer and blanch for 5 to 10 seconds. When you lift up the strainer, let the hot water drip into the empty bowl. Give the bowl a swirl and pour out the hot water. The noodles and bowl are then warmed up, ready for the hot soup.; Place a handful of noodles (fresh or cooked dried noodles) in a long-handle noodle strainer and blanch for 5 to 10 seconds. When you lift up the strainer, let the hot water drip into the empty bowl. Give the bowl a swirl and pour out the hot water. The noodles and bowl are then warmed up, ready for the hot soup.; Add toppings such as sliced meat, chopped scallion, and sliced onion to the bowl.; Add toppings such as sliced meat, chopped scallion, and sliced onion to the bowl.; Smash the white part of the scallion and blanch in the broth for 2 seconds. Ladle the scallion and hot soup over the noodles.; Smash the white part of the scallion and blanch in the broth for 2 seconds. Ladle the scallion and hot soup over the noodles.; Add additional garnishes such as fresh herbs, blanched bean sprouts, sliced chili peppers, and a squeeze of lime.; Add additional garnishes such as fresh herbs, blanched bean sprouts, sliced chili peppers, and a squeeze of lime.; Add additional garnishes such as fresh herbs, blanched bean sprouts, sliced chili peppers, and a squeeze of lime.; Add additional garnishes such as fresh herbs, blanched bean sprouts, sliced chili peppers, and a squeeze of lime.

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Easy

Appears in

Simply Pho

By Helen Le

Published 2017

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Your broth has simmered to perfection and your toppings and garnishes are prepped. Now what? It’s time to assemble the perfect bowl of pho! Once you are able to orchestrate the timing of everything to deliver a proper bowl that has all of the elements working together, these skills can then be transferred to any bowl that you build going forward. Follow these easy steps and you’ll have a bowl that will make you (and others) satisfied.

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