Bun Bo Hue

Name: Bun Bo Hue
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 500g beef shank; 300g pork hock; 400g round rice noodles; 3 stalks lemongrass, bruised; 2 tbsp shrimp paste; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp lemongrass chilli oil; 1 tsp sugar; 1 handful bean sprouts; 1 handful banana blossom, shredded; fresh herbs coriander, mint and Vietnamese mint

Central Vietnamese spicy lemongrass and shrimp paste beef noodle soup — bolder and spicier than pho.

Total time

150 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

130 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Asian

gluten-free

Ingredients

500gbeef shank

300gpork hock

400ground rice noodles

3 stalkslemongrass, bruised

2 tbspshrimp paste

3 tbspfish sauce

2 tbsplemongrass chilli oil

1 tspsugar

1 handfulbean sprouts

1 handfulbanana blossom, shredded

fresh herbscoriander, mint and Vietnamese mint

Instructions

Simmer beef shank and pork hock in 2.5L water with lemongrass 2 hours.

Remove meats, slice beef and pull pork.

Strain broth, add shrimp paste, fish sauce and sugar.

Add lemongrass chilli oil for heat and colour.

Cook noodles in boiling water, drain.

Divide noodles and meats between bowls.

Ladle boiling broth over, serve with bean sprouts, banana blossom and fresh 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

1.1g

Fat

0.1g

Carbs

5.7g

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

874mg

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