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Pho

Clean beef broth, herbs, noodles. Restorative stuff.

Pho
Photo: SerraKnightz, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A photo of the dish, not of these exact recipes.

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How to make pho

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Cheat broth, real flavour

45 minutes · serves 2 · Easy

What you need

  • 1L beef stock
  • 1 onion, halved
  • Thumb of ginger, halved
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 200g rice noodles
  • 200g beef sirloin, sliced thin
  • Basil, lime, chilli

What you do

  1. 1Char the onion and ginger cut-side down in a dry pan until blackened. This is what makes it taste like pho.
  2. 2Simmer them in the stock with the spices for 30 minutes, then strain.
  3. 3Soak the noodles in hot water until soft.
  4. 4Put raw sliced beef in the bowl, noodles on top, then pour the boiling broth over — it cooks the beef.
  5. 5Herbs, lime and chilli at the table, not in the pot.