Vietnamese Bun Bo Hue

Name: Vietnamese Bun Bo Hue
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1 lb pork hocks; ½ lb beef brisket; 2 stalks lemongrass, smashed; 3 tbsp shrimp paste; 3 tbsp lemongrass paste; 2 tsp annatto oil; 2 tsp sugar; 8 cups water; thick round rice noodles to serve; bean sprouts, mint, lime, chilli to serve

Spicy Vietnamese lemongrass pork and beef noodle soup — a notch hotter than pho. Simmering the pork and beef together for ninety minutes and skimming regularly is what keeps the broth clear rather than cloudy, even with two different meats cooking in the same pot.

Total time

110 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

100 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

European

comfortworld

Ingredients

1 lbpork hocks

½ lbbeef brisket

2 stalkslemongrass, smashed

3 tbspshrimp paste

3 tbsplemongrass paste

2 tspannatto oil

2 tspsugar

8 cupswater

thick round rice noodlesto serve

bean sprouts, mint, lime, chillito serve

Instructions

Simmer pork and beef with water 1.5 hours; skim.

Remove meat; slice. Strain broth.

Add lemongrass paste, shrimp paste, annatto, and sugar to broth.

Serve over noodles with meat and garnishes.

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

1.4g

Fat

0.9g

Carbs

4.6g

Fiber

Sodium

4mg

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