Today's dish is something completely new for me, Pho is a Vietnamese dish and I've never even tried Vietnamese food before let alone try and cook it. The idea was inspired by friend Andy who has visited Vietnam and suggested that as I have a taste for Far Eastern cuisine I may like it, Andy you were right.
So what is Pho? Pho is a simple soup poured over a bowl of rice noodles and meat garnished with herbs and chilli. The flavour is light, refreshing, hot it's just different from anything I've tried before it's lighter than Thai and has a herby element unlike anything, its great. I've read a few recipes and ended up combining a couple of ideas and came up with this one.
Ingredients
serves one
- 1L beef stock
- 1/2 large onion, sliced into rings
- 3 slices fresh root ginger
- 1 stalk lemon grass
- 2 large cloves of garlic
- 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- 200g beef sirloin steak, cut into thin slices
- 75g beansprouts
- small handful fresh basil, leaves only
- small handful fresh mint, leaves only
- small handfulfresh coriander, chopped
- 1 fresh green chilli, sliced
- 1/2 lime, cut into wedges
- 100g packet dried rice noodles
hoisin sauce to serve
hot sauce to serve
fish sauce to serve
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 1 hour 20 mins
In a large pan, combine stock, onion, ginger, garlic, lemon grass, cinnamon and peppercorns. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and cover. Simmer for 1 hour.
Arrange beansprouts, mint, basil and coriander on a platter with chilies and lime.
Soak the noodles in hot water to cover for 15 minutes or until soft. Drain. Place into a large soup bowls, and place raw beef on top. Ladle hot stock over noodles and beef. Garnishes and sauces.
Enjoy
When you say "serves one" do you mean one person or one greedy git?
ReplyDeleteNo feeds one Richard, Vietnamese is not about stuffing yourself. It's flavour and texture.
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