I settled on attempting a dish I had never made at home before but had been a long time favorite of mine: pho. If you don’t already know, pho is a Vietnamese brothy soup filled with noodles and meat or whatever else your heart desires. I didn’t really know where to begin with attempting my own recipe, so I did what any clueless college student does and googled it. All the recipes I saw seemed really complex and included a ton of spices and ingredients I’d never heard of before. Luckily, I was at the perfect place to find all those things. And better yet, the Hong Kong Supermarket has “for dummies” type premade ingredients for pho beginners.
All the recipes I saw seemed really complex and included a ton of spices and ingredients I’d never heard of before. Luckily, I was at the perfect place to find all those things. And better yet, the Hong Kong Supermarket has “for dummies” type pre-made ingredients for pho beginners.
While I’m certainly not close to being a pho expert, this recipe is a simple, delicious, and an incredibly fun. Plus, it’ll give you an excuse to leave the Emory bubble and go see a different side of the beautiful city we live in.
soup Pho
Prep Time:30 minutes
Cook Time:2 hours
Total Time:2 hours 30 minutes
Servings:2 large servings
Ingredients
2 28 oz. cans pho bac beef broth
8 oz bahn pho noodle
1/2 lbs sliced eye round steak
1/4 cup pho spice medley
4 inch root ginger
1 white onion
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1-2 limes, to serve
1 cup bean sprouts, to serve
1/4 cup fresh basil, to serve
Hoisin sauce, chili paste, to serve
STEP 1
Prepare ginger and onion by quartering and placing on baking sheet with vegetable oil. Broil for about 5 minutes.
STEP 2
Heat both cans of broth in a pot on medium heat.
STEP 3
Add spice medley, ginger, onion, fish sauce, soy sauce to broth. Let simmer for around 2 hours.
STEP 4
Cook noodles according to package directions. Place in bowl to serve. Place slices of raw steak on top of noodles.
STEP 5
Strain the broth mixture to remove herbs and solids.
STEP 6
Pour broth over noodles and steak to serve. This will cook the meat.
STEP 7
Add basil, lime, bean sprouts to serve.