Vietnamese Pho

24 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 onions, halved
  • 4 inches fresh ginger, halved lengthwise
  • 5 -6 lbs beef bones, preferably leg and knuckle
  • 1 lb beef, cut into large slices (chuck, brisket, or rump) (optional)
  • 6 quarts water
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tablespoon coriander seed
  • 1 tablespoon fennel seed
  • 5 whole star anise
  • 1 cardamom pod
  • 6 whole cloves
  • 1 12 tablespoons kosher salt (halve if using regular table salt)
  • 14 cup fish sauce
  • sugar
  • 2 lbs rice noodles (dried or fresh)
  • 12 lb flank steak, sliced as thin as possible
  • 1 bunch of fresh mint
  • 1 bunch fresh cilantro
  • 1 bunch fresh Thai basil
  • 2 limes, cut into wedges
  • 2 -3 chili peppers, sliced
  • bean sprouts
  • hoisin sauce
  • sriracha sauce

Directions

  1. 1
    ["Char: Turn your broiler on high and move rack to the highest spot.", "Place ginger and onions on baking sheet.", "Brush just a bit of cooking oil on the cut side of each.", "Broil on high until ginger and onions begin to char.", "Turn over and continue to char.", "This should take a total of 10-15 minutes.", "Parboil the bones: Fill large pot (12-qt capacity) with cool water.", "Boil water, and then add the bones, keeping the heat on high.", "Boil vigorously for 10 minutes.", "Drain, rinse the bones and rinse out the pot.", "Refill pot with bones and 6 qts of cool water.", "Bring to boil over high heat and lower to simmer.", "Using a ladle or a fine mesh strainer, remove any scum that rises to the top.", "Boil broth: Add ginger, onion, spice packet, beef, sugar, fish sauce, salt and simmer uncovered for 1 1/2 hours.", "Remove the beef meat and set aside (you'll be eating this meat later in the bowls) Continue simmering for another 1 1/2 hours.", "Strain broth and return the broth to the pot.", "Taste broth and adjust seasoning - this is a crucial step.", "If the broth's flavor doesn't quite shine yet, add 2 teaspoons more of fish sauce, large pinch of salt and a small nugget of rock sugar (or 1 teaspoon of regular sugar).", "Keep doing this until the broth tastes perfect.", "Prepare noodles & meat: Slice your flank/london broil/sirloin as thin as possible - try freezing for 15 minutes prior to slicing to make it easier.", "Remember the cooked beef meat that was part of your broth?", "Cut or shred the meat and set aside.", "Arrange all other ingredients on a platter for the table.", "Your guests will \"assemble\"" their own bowls.""

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