Dinner. Special Beef Pho.
When people think about Vietnamese food in the United States, the first thing that pops up in many people’s mind would probably be pho noodle soup. The irony about pho is that it’s a Northern Vietnamese food which many Vietnamese immigrants here in the states would consider to be the “enemy” yet in our country, the entrée represents Vietnamese food to many people. This could be because there are so many pho restaurants around southern California (particularly Little Saigon), from Pho 1 to Pho 85 and from Pho Ha to iPho, and because it’s really delicious. My mom is originally from Hue in Central Vietnam and people there are known make a counterpart noodle soup called bung bo (beef noodle). As a child though, pho was my favorite food. I think it was because of the star anise that my mother used that smelled like Red Vine licorice or because of the sweetness of the plum sauce. Cooking pho can take awhile depending on what protein you are using but in the end it is worth it.
When people think about Vietnamese food in the United States, the first thing that pops up in many people’s mind would probably be pho noodle soup. The irony about pho is that it’s a Northern Vietnamese food which many Vietnamese immigrants here in the states would consider to be the “enemy” yet in our country, the entrée represents Vietnamese food to many people. This could be because there are so many pho restaurants around southern California (particularly Little Saigon), from Pho 1 to Pho 85 and from Pho Ha to iPho, and because it’s really delicious. My mom is originally from Hue in Central Vietnam and people there are known make a counterpart noodle soup called bung bo (beef noodle). As a child though, pho was my favorite food. I think it was because of the star anise that my mother used that smelled like Red Vine licorice or because of the sweetness of the plum sauce. Cooking pho can take awhile depending on what protein you are using but in the end it is worth it.
I began by filling a LARGE pot of water and boiling it. I then put in my meat into the pot. I used beef. I also throw in two whole large onions and around 8 star anise with my cow bones and two cans of chicken broth and let it cook for almost an hour. I then open the fresh (still wet) pho noodles that I bought at an Asian store and let them bath in a bowl of water. When I know that my broth is ready, I then took my beef and sliced them really thinly. I strained my pho noodle and put some in my bowl along with sliced onions, cilantro, a squeeze of lemon, bean sprouts and plum sauce. I also place my raw slices of beef on top of everything in my bowl. I then ladle my broth onto my beef and noodle. The heat cooks my meat enough that it is medium rare. Here is the finished product…
This looks delicious! It probably tastes almost as good as your egg rolls! They were yummy!
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