Originating in northern Vietnam, Phở (Pho, pronounced fuuh) is a Chinese and French-influenced soup of carefully-crafted beef stock flavored with roasted ginger, star anise, coriander and cinnamon. It is typically served with rice noodles, thinly-sliced beef, lime and fresh herbs such as cilantro, basil and mint.
I followed Steamy Kitchen’s recipe, and thoroughly enjoyed the results..
Phở (Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Soup)
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Sustainable Eats said,
February 15, 2010 at 1:43 am
Ren, this is such a quick weeknight dinner if you have home canned beef bone broth ready. Thanks for the link to SK – I’ll have to check out that variation. My challenge is making this seasonally with local ingredients since we don’t have limes. I planted a Yuzu tree which might bear fruit in 3-4 years and then of course I’ll have to freeze the lime zest and juice to eat this in the summer when peppers, mint and basil are around. Luckily I can sprout anytime and always have a nice freezer full of grass fed beef! Hooray for electricity. :P
Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen said,
February 15, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Sounds like a delicious combination of flavors. Really nice looking photos as well!
Cage Free Family said,
February 15, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Ooooo I’ve been eyeballing that recipe for months….
andyvoytko said,
February 17, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Even quicker, but not as good. One can find the spice mix at any good Asian market. But, it is still not near as good as mom’s which takes half the day to make. She starts w/ bones for the broth no canned stuff there. Now it’s only on Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Kim said,
February 19, 2010 at 2:35 pm
That’s just beautiful. I love simple, satisfying meals. What a fabulous winter-time dinner.