Pho with Oxtail

Name: Pho with Oxtail
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 6 h 20 min
Total time: 6 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 2 lbs oxtail; 1 onion, charred; 2 inch ginger, charred; 3 star anise; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 cloves; 1 tsp coriander seeds; fish sauce and salt to taste; rice noodles to serve; brisket, bean sprouts, Thai basil, lime to serve

Rich, deeply flavoured Vietnamese pho using oxtail for an even more gelatinous, unctuous broth. Blanching the oxtail first and discarding that water keeps the final broth clear instead of cloudy and scummy.

Total time

400 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

380 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Vietnamese

comfortsoupslow-cooked

Ingredients

2 lbsoxtail

1onion, charred

2 inchginger, charred

3 star anise

1cinnamon stick

3cloves

1 tspcoriander seeds

fish sauce and saltto taste

rice noodlesto serve

brisket, bean sprouts, Thai basil, limeto serve

Instructions

Blanch oxtail 10 min; drain.

Simmer with charred aromatics and whole spices 5-6 hours.

Strain broth; season with fish sauce and salt.

Cook noodles; assemble bowls with oxtail meat.

Serve with garnishes on the side.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

1.5g

Fat

2.2g

Carbs

14.6g

Fiber

6.8g

Sodium

44mg

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