How to make famous Vietnamese dishes: Pho recipe

Do you know there are more than 6 millions searches on Google every month all over the world for the key word “Pho”? Today I will introduce you an easy-to-follow Pho _a famous Vietnamese dishes.

All you need:

For the broth:

-       4 lbs Oxtails or ribs

-       3 pieces of ginger, unpeeled

-       1 halved and unpeeled white onion

-       1/3 cup fish sauce

-       5 whole cloves

-       Cinnamon stick

-       1 teaspoon fennel seeds

-       Bay leaves

For the garnish:

-       1 lbs rice noodles

-       2 bunches of sliced thin scallions

-       ½ cup cilantro leaves, roughly chopped

-       Mung bean sprouts

-       3 large limes

-       Chili paste

-       ¾ lbs filet mignon

Directions:

-       Put the oxtails in a big pot with water to cover the bones around 4 inches. Start boiling and lower the heat to a rapid simmer

-       Put ginger and onion halves on a baking sheet and char them under the broiler until they get blackened. Rinse the onion and ginger under water and add them into the simmering broth

-       Add 1 tablespoon salt and fish sauce

-       Put cloves, cinnamon stick and star anise (optional) in a small skillet and toast them on top of a stove with medium heat. Put the toasted spices and fennel seed in a small square of double thick cheesecloth and tie it. Add the spice bundle and the bay leaves to the broth

-       After 4 hours, take the spice bundle, onion, bay leaves and ginger out from the pot. Remove oxtails and put aside. Take the meat from the bones and set aside. You can return the bones to the broth if you want. Wait for another hour.

-       Meanwhile, soak noodle in warm water for 15 minutes and arrange all the herbs. Boil noodle after soaking until tender but firm

-       After 1 hour, taste the broth and add more fish sauce and salt if you wish

Serving:

- Divide the noodles among the bowls as your wish. Arrange all the slices of raw fillet and pieces of cooked oxtail meat over the noodle. Ladle the broth over all. Serve immediately along with the platters of garnish

So here is the Pho recipe for all of food lovers who love to attempt to make home-made Vietnamese Food with the restaurant taste! Good luck to all of you and leave the comments to me!