This will clear the sinuses and it’s delicious too. Nice and easy, tasty, and very handy for midweek.
Beef Phở – serves 2
- 750ml strong beef stock
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and bashed
- a thumb-sized piece of ginger, sliced
- 2 red chillies, sliced
- 1 star anise
- 1 stick cinnamon
- a bunch of scallions, sliced
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 100g flat rice noodles
- 200g fillet steak, thinly sliced
- a handful of beansprouts
- coriander leaves
- lime wedges
- hoisin sauce
- sriracha sauce
Bring the stock, garlic, ginger, half the chilli, star anise, cinnamon and half the scallions to the boil for 15 minutes. Strain and discard the solids, then bring back to the boil. Season with the fish sauce.
Meanwhile, pour a kettle of boiling water over the noodles and leave to soak for 10 minutes, then drain and rinse.
Divide the noodles between warm bowls. Add the steak and beansprouts to the simmering stock and remove from the heat, they will cook in the residual heat. Spoon over the noodles and add the rest of the scallions, chilli, some coriander and lime wedges. Serve with hoisin and sriracha.
(Original recipe by Anna Glover in Olive Magazine, Christmas 2015.)
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