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Phở Bò

Name: Phở Bò
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 8 cups Beef broth; 1 Yellow onion, halved; 50 g Ginger root, sliced, unpeeled; 3 Star anise, whole star anise; 1 Cinnamon sticks, stick; 4 Whole cloves, whole; 3 tbsp Fish sauce; 1 tbsp Granulated sugar; 14 oz Rice noodles (flat stick), one package; 340 g Beef sirloin steak, sliced paper-thin; ½ oz Thai basil, one package, leaves picked; ½ cup Cilantro, leaves; 2 Lime, cut into wedges; 30 g Jalapeño peppers, thinly sliced; 2 cups Mung bean sprouts (optional); Hoisin sauce, as needed, for the table (optional); Sriracha, as needed, for the table (optional)

1 hr 15 minServes 4$51.32

A home-style shortcut: store-bought beef broth is simmered with charred onion and ginger, star anise, cinnamon, and cloves and seasoned with fish sauce, then poured boiling over flat rice noodles and paper-thin raw beef, which cooks in the bowl. Served with Thai basil, cilantro, lime, and sliced jalapeño; bean sprouts are optional.

Ingredients

8 cupsBeef brothBuy 2 cartons
1Yellow onionhalvedBuy 0.32 lb
50 gGinger rootsliced, unpeeledBuy 0.12 lb
3Star anisewhole star aniseBuy 1 jar
1Cinnamon sticksstickBuy 1 jar
4Whole cloveswholeBuy 1 jar
3 tbspFish sauceBuy 1 bottle
1 tbspGranulated sugarBuy 1 bag
14 ozRice noodles (flat stick)one packageBuy 1 package
340 gBeef sirloin steaksliced paper-thinBuy 0.75 lb
½ ozThai basilone package, leaves pickedBuy 1 package
½ cupCilantroleavesBuy 1 bunch
2Limecut into wedges
30 gJalapeño peppersthinly slicedBuy 0.07 lb
2 cupsMung bean sprouts (optional)Buy 1 package
as neededHoisin sauce (optional)for the tableBuy 1 jar
as neededSriracha (optional)for the tableBuy 1 bottle

Method

Char the onion halves and ginger in a dry pan or under the broiler until blackened in spots.
Toast the star anise, cinnamon, and cloves in a large pot for 1 minute, then add the broth, 2 cups water, onion, and ginger; simmer gently for 45 minutes.
Strain the broth and season it with the fish sauce and sugar; keep it at a rolling boil.
Soak or cook the rice noodles according to the package and divide among large bowls.
Lay the raw beef slices over the noodles and ladle the boiling broth on top so the beef cooks.
Serve with Thai basil, cilantro, lime wedges, and jalapeño, plus bean sprouts, hoisin, and sriracha if using.