Embark on a culinary journey to the heart of Vietnam with this comprehensive exploration of Vietnamese pho with beef, as perfected by the esteemed experts at America's Test Kitchen. Immerse yourself in the rich history and culture surrounding this iconic dish, gaining insights into its humble origins and the techniques that elevate it to a symphony of flavors. Discover the secrets behind the perfect broth, the artful balance of spices, and the precise cooking methods that transform ordinary ingredients into an extraordinary bowl of pho. Whether you're a seasoned pho enthusiast or a novice cook seeking to recreate this beloved dish at home, this article will equip you with the knowledge and inspiration to craft an authentic and unforgettable pho experience.
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VIETNAMESE "PHO" RICE NOODLE SOUP WITH BEEF
In a Vietnamese "Pho" Rice Noodle Soup with Beef you can serve this soup with several toppings
Provided by Mai Pham
Categories Soup/Stew Beef Ginger Onion Stir-Fry Dinner Lime Hot Pepper Anise Clove Noodle Cilantro Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 6 main-dish servings
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- 1. In a large stockpot, bring 6 quarts water to a boil. Place the bones and beef chuck in a second pot and add water to cover. Bring to a boil and boil vigorously for 5 minutes. Using tongs, carefully transfer the bones and beef to the first pot of boiling water. Discard the water in which the meat cooked. (This cleans the bones and meat and reduces the impurities that can cloud the broth.) When the water returns to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer. Skim the surface often to remove any foam and fat. Add the charred ginger and onions, fish sauce and sugar. Simmer until the beef chuck is tender, about 40 minutes. Remove one piece and submerge in cool water for 10 minutes to prevent the meat from darkening and drying out. Drain, then cut into thin slices and set aside. Let the other piece of beef chuck continue to cook in the simmering broth.
- 2. When the broth has been simmering for about 1 1/2 hours total, wrap the star anise and cloves in a spice bag (or piece of cheesecloth) and add to the broth. Let infuse until the broth is fragrant, about 30 minutes. Remove and discard both the spice bag and onions. Add the salt and continue to simmer, skimming as necessary, until you're ready to assemble the dish. The broth needs to cook for at least 2 hours. (The broth will taste salty but will be balanced once the noodles and accompaniments are added.) Leave the remaining chuck and bones to simmer in the pot while you assemble the bowls.
- 3. To serve, place the cooked noodles in preheated bowls. (If the noodles are not hot, reheat them in a microwave or dip them briefly in boiling water to prevent them from cooling down the soup.) Place a few slices of the beef chuck and the raw sirloin on the noodles. Bring the broth to a rolling boil; ladle about 2 to 3 cups into each bowl. The broth will cook the raw beef instantly. Garnish with yellow onions, scallions and cilantro. Serve immediately, inviting guests to garnish the bowls with bean sprouts, herbs, chilies, lime juice and black pepper.
- How to Char Ginger and Onions:
- To char ginger, hold the piece with tongs directly over an open flame or place it directly on a medium-hot electric burner. While turning, char until the edges are slightly blackened and the ginger is fragrant, about 3 to 4 minutes. Char the onions in the same way. Peel and discard the blackened skins of the ginger and onions, then rinse and add to the broth.
VIETNAMESE BEEF PHO
This soup is served with a plate full of fresh garnishes as well as various sauces. This allows each person to season their serving to taste. The soup is somewhat unusual, because the meat is cooked in the bowl. The beef is sliced very thin, almost thin enough to see through. You might want to have the butcher slice it for you. The boiling hot broth is poured over the noodles and raw meat. The meat is quickly cooked in the hot broth in the time it takes to garnish the soup. From allrecipes.com
Provided by ngibsonn
Categories Meat
Time 2h10m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a large soup pot, combine broth, onion, ginger, lemon grass, cinnamon, and peppercorns.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cover.
- Simmer for 1 hour.
- Arrange bean sprouts, mint, basil, and cilantro on a platter with chilies and lime.
- Soak the noodles in hot water to cover for 15 minutes or until soft.
- Drain.
- Place equal portions of noodles into 6 large soup bowls, and place raw beef on top.
- Ladle hot broth over noodles and beef.
- Pass platter with garnishes and sauces.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 515.4, Fat 11.8, SaturatedFat 4.8, Cholesterol 56.8, Sodium 3294.2, Carbohydrate 72.8, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 4.1, Protein 27.9
TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE BEEF PHO RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: mixed beef leg bones, ginger, large garlic, medium yellow onion, cinnamon, whole black peppercorn, whole star anise, beef brisket, kosher salt, fish sauce, boneless sirloin steak, flat rice noodle, fresh mung bean sprouts, small red onion, jalapeño, fresh thai basil, lime, hoisin sauce, siracha
Provided by Pierce Abernathy
Categories Dinner
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Place the beef bones in a large stock pot, then add enough cold water to cover by 2 inches (5 cm). Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat and cook for 10 minutes to blanch the bones and remove any impurities.
- Set a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat the broiler.
- Drain the bones in a colander and rinse under cold running water. Return the blanched bones to the stockpot.
- Meanwhile, arrange the ginger, garlic, and onions cut-side up on a rimmed baking sheet and broil on high until the aromatics are deeply charred in spots, 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and add to the stockpot with the bones.
- Meanwhile, combine the cinnamon sticks, peppercorns, and star anise in a medium skillet over medium-high heat and toast, shaking the pan occasionally, until the spices are darkened in spots and extremely fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add the toasted spices to the stockpot.
- Season the brisket liberally with salt and add it to the stockpot.
- Fill the pot with enough cold water to cover everything by 1 inch (2 cm). Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium to maintain a gentle simmer, skimming off and discarding any fat that floats to the top as needed, until the brisket is fork-tender, 2-3 hours.
- Using tongs, transfer the brisket to a plate and let cool completely. Refrigerate the brisket until ready to serve.
- Continue to simmer the broth to get as much flavor out of the bones as possible, 3-4 hours more.
- Using tongs, remove and discard the bones and aromatics. Slowly strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer set over a large pot. Skim and discard the fat from the broth, then stir in the fish sauce. Taste and add more as desired.
- Thinly slice the brisket. Very thinly slice the raw sirloin steak against the grain.
- Divide the noodles among 6-8 large bowls, then top with the brisket and raw steak. Ladle the hot broth over the noodles and meat and serve immediately with the bean sprouts, onion, jalapeño, Thai basil, lime wedges, hoisin sauce, and Sriracha alongside.
- Enjoy!
VIETNAMESE BEEF PHO
This soup is served with a plate full of fresh garnishes as well as various sauces. This allows each person to season their serving to taste. The soup is somewhat unusual, because the meat is cooked in the bowl. The beef is sliced very thin, almost thin enough to see through. You might want to have the butcher slice it for you. The boiling hot broth is poured over the noodles and raw meat. The meat is quickly cooked in the hot broth in the time it takes to garnish the soup.
Provided by Ben S.
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Noodle Soup Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a large soup pot, combine broth, onion, ginger, lemon grass, cinnamon, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cover. Simmer for 1 hour.
- Arrange bean sprouts, mint, basil, and cilantro on a platter with chilies and lime.
- Soak the noodles in hot water to cover for 15 minutes or until soft. Drain. Place equal portions of noodles into 6 large soup bowls, and place raw beef on top. Ladle hot broth over noodles and beef. Pass platter with garnishes and sauces.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 527.9 calories, Carbohydrate 73.1 g, Cholesterol 50.7 mg, Fat 13.6 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 27.1 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 2843.8 mg, Sugar 4 g
VIETNAMESE PHO WITH BEEF - AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN
Make and share this Vietnamese Pho With Beef - America's Test Kitchen recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Debbie R.
Categories Meat
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Prepare ginger. Peel, halve lengthwise and smash it.
- Bring broth, ginger, lime zest and five-spice powder to boil in dutch oven over med-hi heat. Add noodles and cook until nearly tender, about 5 minuts.Stir in beef. Simmer until cooked thru and noodles are completely tender, about 2 minutes.
- Off heat, stir in fish sauce, chili-garlic sauce and lime juice. Remove ginger and zest with slotted spoon. Stir in scallions and cilantro; serve.
PHO (VIETNAMESE NOODLE SOUP)
Pho is one of Vietnam's most well-known dishes. For many families, the cooking of the dish is a true labor of love and care. With its aromatic broth, slurpable rice noodles and many delicious garnish options, it is very easy to customize a bowl to suit your tastes. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 6h
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 29
Steps:
- For Dam Toi, which is used as a garnish for northern style pho, in a small bowl, combine sliced garlic, 1 cup water and 3 teaspoons salt. Cover and refrigerate overnight; drain. In a small jar, combine sliced garlic and vinegar. Heat remaining 1 cup water until hot; add to jar. Stir in sugar, remaining 1 teaspoon salt and chiles. Cover and let stand at room temperature overnight., In a large saucepan, cover beef bones with 2 liters water. Add 2 tablespoons salt and cider vinegar. In another large saucepan, cover boneless beef with remaining 1 liter water, remaining 2 tablespoons salt, wine and sliced ginger. Cover both saucepans and refrigerate 2 hours; drain (discarding ginger from boneless meat). Add enough cold water to each saucepan to cover bones and meat. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil 3 minutes; drain both saucepans and rinse bones and and boneless beef., Preheat oven to 425°. In a stockpot, cover bones and boneless beef with enough cold water to cover completely (about 5 liters). Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, skimming and discarding foam occasionally. Simmer until foam starts to collect more slowly, about 30 minutes., Meanwhile, arrange whole onion and whole ginger on an ungreased baking sheet. Roast until slightly charred, 10-15 minutes, turning occasionally. Remove and discard charred skins; set aside., In a dry small skillet, toast cinnamon sticks, anise, cardamom pods and coriander over medium heat until aromatic, 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently. Cool. Place spices on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Gather corners of cloth to enclose spices; tie securely with string. , Once foam is no longer collecting on surface of broth, add onion and ginger and spice bag. Stir in salt, MSG if desired and rock sugar. Simmer, uncovered, until beef is tender, about 1-1/2 hours. With tongs, remove beef to a large bowl; cool slightly. Wrap beef tightly in foil and refrigerate. , Continue simmering broth, uncovered, until broth is light golden brown and fragrant, 2-5 hours, stirring occasionally and removing any foam that collects on the surface., To serve, cook Banh Pho according to package directions; set aside. Remove beef from refrigerator and thinly slice against the grain. For each serving, in a small colander, add an individual portion of noodles and beef. Lower colander into simmering broth until beef and noodles are heated through. Add beef and noodles to a serving bowl. Top with additional broth, about 1 cup. Serve with garnishes as desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 507 calories, Fat 8g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 79mg cholesterol, Sodium 1351mg sodium, Carbohydrate 58g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 44g protein.
VIETNAMESE PHO
Make and share this Vietnamese Pho recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Mysterygirl
Categories Vietnamese
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Soak bone overnight in cold water.
- Place bones, oxtails and flank steak in a large stock pot. Add SALTED BOILING water to cover and bring to a boil. Better yet, boil water, add salt then add bones. Marinate oxtails and flank steak with fish sauce, sugar, black pepper.
- Cook 5 minutes, drain and rinse pot and bones.
- Return bones to pot, add 6 quarts COLD WATER and bring to a boil. Skim surface of scum and fat. Stir bones at bottom. After 1 hour of simmering, add oxtails & flank steak.
- The ginger root, shallots, and onion need to be roasted. The ginger root until the outer layer peels off easily. The onion until outer layer is semi-burnt. About 3 min. Roast the anise seeds in a pan for 2 min. Add to broth while waiting to boil.
- Meanwhile, slice beef sirloin against grain into paper-thin slices, about 2-by-2 inches. Slice flank steak the same way; that is after they are cooked for about 1 hour.
- Set aside. In a small bowl, combine scallions, cilantro, and half the sliced onions.
- Place remaining onions in another bowl and mix in hot chili sauce. Soak rice noodles in water. When broth is ready, discard bones.
- Strain broth through a colander lined with a double layer of damp cheesecloth into a clean pot. Add fish sauce and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to simmer.
- In another pot, bring 4 quarts of water to a boil.
- Add noodles and drain immediately.
- Do not overcook noodles
VIETNAMESE SEAFOOD PHO RECIPE (PHO HAI SAN)
The most specific dish for Vietnam Pho Recipes is Seafood Pho, which is the traditional food and. When talking about Pho, everyone also think about Chicken Pho, and Beef Pho, but no one think that Pho can combine with seafood. Still using the specific flavor of Vietnamese Pho Recipes, the broth of seafood Pho is processed carefully with chicken bones and seafood, so that the broth have the natural sweet flavor and good smell.
Provided by MimieYuen
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 2h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Step 1: Hard boil all the shrimps which take out the shell, cuttlefishes and white fishes which are sliced as small pieces. If you love basil clams, you can add more too.
- Step 2: Use the boil water which boil the seafood for the broth of this Pho, add the chicken bones with onion (cleave it in two and fry first) and field mushrooms into the boil water.
- Step 3: Then add black caradmom, green cardamom pods, cinnamon, star anise, coriander seeds, sea salt, fennel seeds, clovesinto the broth to simmer for 40 minutes.
- Step 4: Dip noodle (Banh pho) in the boil water to make it soft and clean.
- Finally, you finished one of delicious Vietnamese Pho Recipes. Now put noodles, ladle broth into the deep bowl, and add all the seafood which you boiled, and some coriander, onions on the surface of dish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 494, Fat 5.6, SaturatedFat 1.5, Cholesterol 105, Sodium 28.4, Carbohydrate 92.1, Fiber 4.8, Sugar 3.8, Protein 18.4
Tips:
- Choose the right noodles: Use flat, wide rice noodles specifically made for pho. These noodles have a chewy texture and can hold the flavorful broth well.
- Make a flavorful broth: The broth is the key to a great pho. Use a combination of beef bones, oxtails, and spices to create a rich, aromatic broth. Simmer the broth for at least 4 hours, or up to 12 hours for a more intense flavor.
- Don't overcrowd the pot: When cooking the noodles, don't overcrowd the pot. This will prevent the noodles from cooking evenly and becoming mushy.
- Use fresh ingredients: Fresh herbs and vegetables are essential for pho. Use cilantro, basil, mint, bean sprouts, and lime wedges to add freshness and flavor to the soup.
- Serve it hot: Pho is best served hot. Serve it immediately after it's cooked, and garnish with fresh herbs and vegetables.
Conclusion:
Pho is a delicious and flavorful Vietnamese noodle soup that is perfect for a quick and easy meal. With its rich broth, chewy noodles, and fresh herbs and vegetables, pho is a surefire hit with everyone. Follow these tips and you'll be able to make a delicious bowl of pho at home.
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