🇻🇳 Vietnamese

Pho

Name: Pho
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, charred Onion; 3 cm piece, charred Ginger; 1/2 cup Fresh Cilantro; 2 Bay Leaf; 3, sliced Spring Onions; 2 Lime; 2 tbsp Fish Sauce; 400 g Rice Noodles; 300 g thinly sliced + bones/broth base Beef; 8 cups Beef Broth

🇻🇳 Vietnamese

Fragrant beef broth with rice noodles, rare steak, herbs and lime — the Vietnamese bowl that cures everything.

Prep 20 min Cook 90 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, charred
Ginger3 cm piece, charred
Fresh Cilantro1/2 cup
Bay Leaf2
Spring Onions3, sliced
Lime2
Fish Sauce2 tbsp
Rice Noodles400 g
Beef300 g thinly sliced + bones/broth base
Beef Broth8 cups

Optional extras

Green Chili1, sliced
Sugar1 tsp
Bean Sprouts1 cup
Cinnamon1 stick

Instructions

1
Char onion and ginger; simmer with beef broth, star-anise vibes (bay/cinnamon), salt and a touch of sugar 60–90 minutes.
2
Soak or boil rice noodles until tender; divide into bowls.
3
Ladle hot broth over thinly sliced beef so it cooks gently.
4
Top with spring onions, cilantro, chili and bean sprouts.
5
Squeeze lime at the table; add fish sauce to taste.

Chef's tip

Broth must be boiling hot when it hits the raw beef — that's the cook.

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Watch how it's made

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