Phở

Name: Phở
Total time: 240 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 lb beef bones (marrow and knuckle); 4 l water; 1 unit onion (halved, charred); 1 unit ginger (halved, charred); 3 unit star anise; 1 unit cinnamon (stick); 4 unit cloves (whole); 1 tbsp coriander (seeds); 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tbsp salt; 8 oz rice noodles; 1 lb beef, sirloin (sliced paper-thin)

Soups & Sauces · Southeast Asian

12 ingredients · 240 minutes · 2 servings

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754kcal35.8g protein19g fat106.6g carbs~$5.69/ serving*

Contains fish · only in an optional ingredient: gluten, soy

Restrictions

ContainsfishIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.

Only if you add itgluten (hoisin sauce) · soy (hoisin sauce)Leave that ingredient out and the dish does not have it.

Diets

No porkNo alcohol

Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.

Ingredients

Servings:

2 lb	beef bones (marrow and knuckle)
4 l	water
1 unit	onion (halved, charred)
1 unit	ginger (halved, charred)
3 unit	star anise
1 unit	cinnamon (stick)
4 unit	cloves (whole)
1 tbsp	coriander (seeds)
2 tbsp	fish sauce
1 tbsp	salt
8 oz	rice noodles
1 lb	beef, sirloin (sliced paper-thin)

Optional

Not counted above. The dish works without them.

1 cup	bean sprouts
½ cup	thai basil
1 unit	lime (wedges)
¼ cup	scallion (sliced)
¼ cup	cilantro (chopped)
2 tbsp	hoisin sauce
1 tbsp	sriracha
1 tsp	sugar

Steps

Boil10 min
hard boil, then discard water
- beef bones
- beef
beef bones covered in water, then rinse the bones and the pot clean — this is what makes the finished broth clear
Char8 min
direct flame or dry pan, high
- onion
- ginger
onion + ginger, cut side down, until blackened in patches and fragrant
Toast3 min
dry pan, medium
star anise + cinnamon + cloves + coriander seeds, until they smell of more than dust
Simmer180 min
bare simmer, uncovered, skimming
rinsed bones + fresh water + charred aromatics + toasted spices — never let it boil, or the fat emulsifies and the broth clouds
Simmer10 min
- fish sauce
+ fish sauce + salt, then strain through cloth and taste = broth
Boil4 min
- rice noodles
rice noodles, then drain and divide between bowls
Top1 min
noodles + raw sliced beef + boiling broth poured over to cook it through + optionals at the table