Pork rib broth with soft rice noodles recipe

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  • Cuisine: Vietnamese

Ingredients

5 litres water
8 dried baby squid, grilled until crisp
1kg young pork ribs, chopped into 6cm pieces
2 tablespoon salt
4 tablespoons sugar
6 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons whole black pepper
1 tablespoon finely diced garlic
8 red Asian shallots, pounded in mortar & pestle
8 white spring onion heads
2 tablespoons finely diced garlic
1 bunch coriander
1 bunch garlic chives, sliced into 4 cm pieces
1 bunch mint
8 spring onions (green part only), finely sliced
2 kg fresh rice noodles, portion into 200 g portions
500 g bean sprouts
4 chilli, sliced
2 tablespoons fried red Asian shallots
2 tablespoons fried garlic chips
1 tablespoon freshly ground pepper
2 limes

Preparation

In a large mixing bowl, combine chopped pork ribs, 1 tablespoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons fish sauce, pounded red Asian shallots and minced garlic. Marinate for 2 hours or overnight for a better result.

In a large stock pot, add marinated pork ribs, whole pepper corns, white spring onions, grilled baby squid and 5 litres of water.

Bring to the boil, then skim off any impurities for 10 minutes or until clear. Reduce the heat to a low simmer, secure with a lid and cook for 2 hours.

Now add remaining salt, sugar and fish sauce. Cook for a further 10 minutes then take off heat.

In another large pot, bring water to boil then blanch each portion of noodles for 10 seconds then drain. Place noodles in a bowl, now add 4 pieces of pork ribs to each bowl then cover the noodles with pork broth.

To each bowl add bean sprouts, garlic chives, mint, sprinkle of fried garlic chips, sprinkle of fried red Asian shallots, pinch of ground pepper, sliced chilli and a squeeze of lime.


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Comments (5)

   
23 Nov 2009 04:02 AEST
ruth
i made this pork ribs broth yesterday. it smells and tastes sooooooo yummy! i also want to made the fish version, bun ca. Luke, will you teach us please?
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17 Nov 2009 02:28 AEST
yue
I just made this dish this morning from pork ribs I marinated last night. The soup that came out at the end of 2 hours of hard work and cooking was absolutely beautiful. Clear, light brown in colour, filled with the aroma of the meat, the peppercorns, the dried squid. And it was so easy to make as well! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!
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16 Nov 2009 09:24 AEST
Allyson
Stunk the house up a treat with the dried baby calamari, but gee, it tasted fantastic. Is this the same broth you make beef pho with? I've never been able to get that quite right.
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14 Nov 2009 08:40 AEST
Sniv
Plonk a freshly microwaved dim sim into a steaming hot mug of Cup-a-Soup.
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13 Nov 2009 01:27 AEST
Adbert
If you like seafood, try the fish version of this dish. It's call Bún Cá. It's a southern Vietnamese noodle soup. The town of Rạch Giá (~250kms south of Saigon) is specialised in this dish.
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