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Bún Bò Huế

Name: Bún Bò Huế
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 400g beef shank; 400g pork hock; 200g thick round rice noodles; 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised; 2 tbsp shrimp paste; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp chilli oil or gochugaru; 1 tsp sugar; 1 onion, halved and charred; bean sprouts to serve; lime wedges to serve; sliced banana blossom to serve; fresh herbs to serve

Spicy Central Vietnamese beef noodle soup with lemongrass, shrimp paste and pork. Skimming the broth thoroughly as the beef and pork simmer keeps bún bò huế's broth clean rather than cloudy and overly fatty.

Total time

120 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

100 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Vietnamese

gluten-free

Ingredients

400gbeef shank

400gpork hock

200gthick round rice noodles

2 stalkslemongrass, bruised

2 tbspshrimp paste

3 tbspfish sauce

2 tbspchilli oil or gochugaru

1 tspsugar

1onion, halved and charred

bean sproutsto serve

lime wedgesto serve

sliced banana blossomto serve

fresh herbsto serve

Instructions

Simmer beef and pork with onion and lemongrass 1.5 hours. Skim.

Remove meat, slice thinly when cool.

Dissolve shrimp paste in a little hot broth. Add to soup with fish sauce and sugar.

Add chilli oil.

Cook noodles and drain.

Assemble bowls: noodles, sliced meat, hot broth.

Serve with bean sprouts, lime and herbs.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

Fat

0.1g

Carbs

6.5g

Fiber

0.5g

Sodium

872mg