Pho Bo (Quick Version)

Name: Pho Bo (Quick Version)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 cups good beef broth; aromatics: 1 cinnamon stick, 3 star anise, 4 cloves, 1 tbsp coriander seeds, charred ginger and onion; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tbsp sugar; 400g dried rice noodles, cooked; 200g beef sirloin, frozen and sliced paper-thin; bean sprouts, fresh basil, sliced chilli, lime to serve; hoisin and sriracha to serve

Quick beef pho bo with a cheating but flavourful spiced beef broth and fresh toppings. Slicing the raw beef paper-thin and pouring the boiling broth directly over it gently cooks the meat right in the bowl without any extra step.

Total time

35 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfort

Ingredients

6 cupsgood beef broth

aromatics: 1 cinnamon stick, 3 star anise, 4 cloves, 1 tbsp coriander seeds, charred ginger and onion

2 tbspfish sauce

1 tbspsugar

400gdried rice noodles, cooked

200gbeef sirloin, frozen and sliced paper-thin

bean sprouts, fresh basil, sliced chilli, limeto serve

hoisin and srirachato serve

Instructions

Simmer broth with aromatics, fish sauce, and sugar 20 min; strain.

Boil broth back up to rolling simmer.

Place noodles and raw beef in bowls; ladle boiling broth over.

Serve with full topping tray.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

224

Protein

15.1g

Fat

4.9g

Carbs

28.4g

Fiber

Sodium

610mg

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