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Beef Pho

Ingredients

Broth Ingredients

  • 2 large yellow onions halved with skin
  • 1 piece thumb-sized ginger halved with skin
  • 1 head garlic sliced down the middle
  • 15 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
  • 2 pounds  beef brisket
  • 2 pounds meaty beef bones, like beef ribs, ox tail, etc.
  • 2 pounds marrow bones or knuckle bones
  • 15 cups water about
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce

Pho Ingredients

  • Flat rice noodles, pre-cook
  • Raw thinly sliced beef like tenderloin or rib eye
  • Cooked brisket sliced into thin pieces
  • Red onion sliced thin
  • 1 jalapeño pepper sliced thin
  • Fresh thai basil
  • Cilantro 
  • Lime cut into wedges
  • Beansprouts
  • Hoisin sauce
  • Sriracha 

Instructions

Broth Instructions

  • Place all beef, including brisket, in a large stockpot. Bring to a boil for 5 to 10 minutes and then strain. Rinse and place blanched pieces back into the cleaned stock pot. Fill the pot with enough water to cover bones and have about an inch or two extra. Will be about 15 cups.
  • Place onion, ginger and garlic, cut sides up, on a cookie sheet and broil in the oven for about 5 minutes, until they start to char slightly. Add to the stockpot with blanched meat pieces along with the peppercorns.
  • Cover stockpot and simmer for 3 hours, when checking, if you see foam on top skim. Remove brisket, let cool and refrigerate until needed. Continue cooking remaining bones and spices for another 3 to 4 hours.
  • Using tongs, remove as many bones and spices as possible and then strain remaining broth into a large measuring bowl. Add broth back to the stock pot and add the remaining ingredients: sugar, salt and fish sauce. Set heat on low and stir broth well for about 5 minutes.

Pho Instructions

  • In a bowl, add cooked rice noodles, raw beef and cooked brisket. Ladle in very hot broth, which will cook the raw beef and reheat your brisket. Place remaining ingredients on a tray and let everyone choose what else they would like to add.