Express Pho Noodle Soup
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Official cooking video · Marion's Kitchen · YOUTUBEVietnamese Aromatic Beef Pho Noodle Soup (4 Servings)
An aromatic beef noodle soup made with prepared stock, star anise, cinnamon, ginger and garlic. Allow about 50 minutes total (15 minutes prep and 35 minutes cooking). The beef is fully heated in the broth as a safety-oriented deviation from Marion's Kitchen.
Ingredients
servings: 4 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
Wrap and briefly chill the 200 g beef tenderloin in the freezer until easier to slice; do not freeze solid.
- 02
Heat 1 tsp oil and sauté the diced onion, 5 cm ginger, 5 garlic cloves, 3 star anise and 2 cinnamon sticks over medium-high heat for 3–4 minutes.
- 03
Pour in 2 L reduced-sodium stock, 120 mL fish sauce and 45 mL soy sauce; bring to a simmer and cook gently about 20 minutes. Add no extra salt because these sauces are salty.
- 04
Cook 400 g dried rice noodles per package directions, drain and divide among 4 bowls. Thinly slice the remaining ½ onion for topping.
- 05
Slice the chilled beef very thinly. Strain the broth to remove star anise, cinnamon and other solids, then bring it back to a simmer.
- 06
Cook the sliced beef directly in the simmering broth until fully done, checking 74°C with a food thermometer. This conservative edit replaces the author's step of pouring broth over raw beef.
- 07
Divide cooked beef, sliced topping onion and the 1 cup spring onions among bowls; ladle in hot broth.
- 08
Serve immediately with optional hoisin, sambal oelek, bean sprouts, Thai basil, lemon and sliced red chilli.
Before you cook
Allergens: fish (fish sauce), soy and wheat (soy sauce and some hoisin). Check labels. Instead of pouring hot broth onto raw beef as in the source, fully cook it in broth to 74°C as a conservative editorial adjustment. Use reduced-sodium stock because fish and soy sauces are salty. Refrigerate below 4°C within 2 hours, eat within 3–4 days and reheat to 74°C.
Allergens: fish, soy, wheat
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