Pho Bo (noodle soup with beef)

AUTHOR
Kerry Mosley
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
270 mins
TOTAL TIME
270 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 1.5 kg Cattle bones
  • 4 Star Anise
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 2 Cardamom Capsules
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 400 g Rice ribbon noodles
  • 150 g Mung bean sprouts
  • 3 Spring onions
  • 1–2 red chillies
  • 1 Organic Lime
  • 4-5 Stem(s) coriander, mint, Thai basil
  • 250 g Fillet of beef

Directions

  1. 1

    For the meat stock, rinse the bones and slowly bring them to the boil in a large pot with about 3 litres of water and simmer at low heat for 3-4 hours. Skim off the resulting foam from time to time. Pour broth through a fine sieve

  2. 2

    For the soup, roast anise, cinnamon and cardamom in a large pot while stirring until the spices start to smell. Add 2 litres of meat stock and bring to the boil. Season with salt. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Pour soup through a fine sieve

  3. 3

    Soak the pasta in cold water for about 20 minutes. Briefly pour boiling water over the sprouts and let them drain. Clean, wash and chop the spring onions. Clean, wash and cut the chillies into thin rings. Wash lime hot, grate dry and cut into eighths. Wash the herbs, shake dry and pluck off the leaves

  4. 4

    Bring the soup back to the boil. Dab fillet dry and cut into thin slices. Arrange drained noodles, sprouts, spring onions and fillet in soup bowls. Pour boiling broth over them. Add chili, lime and herbs and season the soup to taste

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
380 kcal
CARBS
67 g
FATS
3 g
PROTEINS
19 g

Categories & Tags

Main Dishesvery easySoups