Pho (Vietnamese soup)

Created by Angie Hong
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  • Cuisine: Vietnamese

Pho (pronounced fahr) is a light, fragrant soup eaten for breakfast and all through the day. It is a most loved dish by the Vietnamese. The secret lies in the quality of the stock. Angie uses a combination of marrow bone, oxtail, brisket and a boiler chicken along with cinnamon, star anise and cardamom pods. But her secret ingredient is dried sandworm!

Ingredients

Marrow bone
Oxtail
Brisket
Boiled chicken
Cinnamon
Star anise
Cardamom pods
Dried sandworm

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Preparation

Once the stock is made, Angie blanches rice noodles in boiling water and places them into deep serving bowls. Arrange very thin slices of beef on top and a mixture of chopped coriander and green shallot, white onion and finely sliced jigsaw coriander leaves. She then ladles over the hot stock.

To eat Pho, Angie recommends that you taste the broth then add lemon juice, basil, bean sprouts and chilli to taste.

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Comments (4)

   
12 Dec 2008 06:22 AEST
Dan
Strathfield
Sandworms
All, You can find dried sandworms on the rocks at the beach. Silly little buggers.
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28 Oct 2008 04:06 AEST
Miranda
Camberwell
Sandworms
What exactly is dried sandworm and where can I find them?
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22 Oct 2008 12:49 AEST
Stuart Leamer
Winchelsea
Help me
Where the heck can I find Dried Sandworm I have tried Asian grocers and even though most where owned by Vietnam expats no one knew what I was talking about I have been making "Pho" since the sixties, after service and eating lots of pho at DaNang, there always seemed as if something was missing?? maybe it is the dried sandworms, Cheers Stuart
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09 Oct 2008 10:22 AEST
susan
summer hill
Pho-tastic
I love making and eating Pho. Great show guys.
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