Beef Phở
Decided to make some Beef Pho for dinner today.
Ran by Costco looking for the beef and decided to go with some boneless Chuck Short Rib.
Brought it home and got it partially frozen and sliced it thin.
Dropped into one of my local Vietnamese/Asian grocers and gathered fresh rice noodles, a variety of fresh herbs, Mung beans, green onions, limes, some Oyster mushrooms.
Yes, I know the mushrooms aren't usually in Pho, but like them sauteed and added in.
Cheated a good bit building the beef broth with some Better than Bullion, Roasted Beef base', tossed in some charred onion and charred ginger, a couple cloves of garlic and sachet filled with star anise, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, fennel and coriander seed.
2 gal Beef Broth
1 med white onion, quartered and charred
1 large section of fresh Ginger, chopped and charred
2 cloves garlic
3-4 star anise
4-6 Cloves
1/2 stick cinnamon
1 Black cardamom
2T each Coriander and Fennel seed
Let the aromatics (onion/ginger) do their thing for 20 minutes and removed them, the spice sachet came out 20 minutes later.
Added a little sugar for a touch of sweetness, and then a small palmful of salt to taste.
Got all my herbs and other add-ons ready to go, including an evil looking Peach Reaper 73saint sent me.
Whats Pho without some nice spicy heat to it? Of course that's just my personal preference
Peach Reaper
Left to Right, Spearmint, Cilantro and Thai Basil
Let each person choose how much noodles they want, give them a quick blanch, add meat and boiling Pho broth and then it's Build Your Own' with the Add-ons.
Oh Yeah!
I ate the whole reaper in that one bowl and it was fantastic, I didn't even need the lime it had so much citrus flavor.
And the heat was great, I was sweating up a storm and my lips were burning, much nicer flavor/heat than any combo of Sriracha/chiles.
My thanks to 73saint for making this one of the best bowls of Pho ever.
Decided to make some Beef Pho for dinner today.
Ran by Costco looking for the beef and decided to go with some boneless Chuck Short Rib.
Brought it home and got it partially frozen and sliced it thin.
Dropped into one of my local Vietnamese/Asian grocers and gathered fresh rice noodles, a variety of fresh herbs, Mung beans, green onions, limes, some Oyster mushrooms.
Yes, I know the mushrooms aren't usually in Pho, but like them sauteed and added in.
Cheated a good bit building the beef broth with some Better than Bullion, Roasted Beef base', tossed in some charred onion and charred ginger, a couple cloves of garlic and sachet filled with star anise, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, fennel and coriander seed.
2 gal Beef Broth
1 med white onion, quartered and charred
1 large section of fresh Ginger, chopped and charred
2 cloves garlic
3-4 star anise
4-6 Cloves
1/2 stick cinnamon
1 Black cardamom
2T each Coriander and Fennel seed
Let the aromatics (onion/ginger) do their thing for 20 minutes and removed them, the spice sachet came out 20 minutes later.
Added a little sugar for a touch of sweetness, and then a small palmful of salt to taste.
Got all my herbs and other add-ons ready to go, including an evil looking Peach Reaper 73saint sent me.
Whats Pho without some nice spicy heat to it? Of course that's just my personal preference
Peach Reaper
Left to Right, Spearmint, Cilantro and Thai Basil
Let each person choose how much noodles they want, give them a quick blanch, add meat and boiling Pho broth and then it's Build Your Own' with the Add-ons.
Oh Yeah!
I ate the whole reaper in that one bowl and it was fantastic, I didn't even need the lime it had so much citrus flavor.
And the heat was great, I was sweating up a storm and my lips were burning, much nicer flavor/heat than any combo of Sriracha/chiles.
My thanks to 73saint for making this one of the best bowls of Pho ever.
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