image & recipe: m. charles
Vietnamese Pho
A fast and easy soup perfect for anyime of the year.
Serves: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 20gr Banh pho noodles
- 60gr of Beef, cut into strips
- Soya sprouts
- 1 cube of Pho beef broth
- 1L Water
- Cilantro
- 1 Small chili
- 1 tsp Fish sauce
- 1 Lime, quartered
- 1-2 Spring onions, coarsely chopped
- Red onion
- 1. Boil noodles for 6-8 mins until soft, then strain water and set aside.
- 2. In seperate pot, boil water and beef cube to make broth. Add fish sauce and simmer for 10 mins.
- 3. In a soup bowl, add cooked noodles, top with beef strips, cilantro, chili, onions, lime wedges and lastly soya sprouts.
- 4. Pour broth slowly into the bowl until noodles, beef and onions are covered.
- 5. Serve hot.
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