Vietnamese Pho Bo (Beef Pho)

Name: Vietnamese Pho Bo (Beef Pho)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 6 h 5 min
Total time: 6 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1kg beef marrow bones; 500g beef brisket; 1 onion, charred; 4 cm ginger, charred; 4 star anise; 1 cinnamon stick; 5 cloves; 1 tsp coriander seeds; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp rock sugar; 400g flat rice noodles; 100g beef sirloin, very thinly sliced (for raw); bean sprouts, Thai basil, lime, bird's eye chilli to serve

Classic Vietnamese beef broth noodle soup, built on charred ginger, onion and fragrant whole spices. Charring the ginger and onion under the grill before they go into the broth is what gives pho its distinctive smoky sweetness, a step that can't be skipped without losing the dish's character.

Total time

380 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

365 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Vietnamese

gluten-free

Ingredients

1kgbeef marrow bones

500gbeef brisket

1onion, charred

4 cmginger, charred

4star anise

1cinnamon stick

5cloves

1 tspcoriander seeds

3 tbspfish sauce

1 tsprock sugar

400gflat rice noodles

100gbeef sirloin, very thinly sliced (for raw)

bean sprouts, Thai basil, lime, bird's eye chillito serve

Instructions

Simmer bones 2 hours. Drain and rinse.

Return to pot with fresh water. Simmer 3 hours with brisket.

Char ginger and onion under grill.

Add to broth with spices. Simmer 1 hour.

Strain broth. Season with fish sauce and sugar.

Cook noodles.

Assemble: noodles, sliced brisket, raw sirloin (it cooks in hot broth).

Pour boiling broth over.

Serve with fresh herbs.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

637

Protein

45.2g

Fat

30.5g

Carbs

57.1g

Fiber

14.2g

Sodium

1037mg

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