Beef pho
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 2
- 750ml strong beef stock
- 2 cloves garlicpeeled and bashed flat with the back of a knife
- a thumb-sized piece gingersliced
- 2 red chilliessliced
- 1 star anise
- 1 stick cinnamon
- a bunch spring onionssliced
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 100g flat rice noodles
- 200g fillet steakthinly sliced
- a handful beansprouts
TO SERVE
- coriander leaves
- lime wedges
- hoisin sauce
- sriracha chilli sauce
- kcal341
- fat5.5g
- saturates2.2g
- carbs43.3g
- fibre3.7g
- protein27.6g
- salt1.6g
Method
step 1
Bring the stock, garlic, ginger, half the chilli, star anise, cinnamon and half the spring onions to the boil for 15 minutes. Strain, discarding the solids, and bring back to the boil. Season with fish sauce.
step 2
Pour a kettle of boiling water over the noodles and leave to soak for 10 minutes, then drain and rinse.
step 3
Divide the noodles between two deep bowls.Add the steak and beansprouts to the simmering stock and remove from the heat, they will keep cooking in the residual heat. Spoon over the noodles and add the remaining spring onions, chilli, some coriander and lime wedges. Serve with hoisin and sriracha.