15-Minute Rare Beef Pho

Ingredients

• ½ lb beef sirloin or eye of round, thinly sliced
• 4 cups beef broth
• 2 pods star anise
• 1 piece (2 inches) cinnamon stick
• ½ lb rice noodles (bánh phở)
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 whole (wedged) lime
• 1 whole fresh red chili peppers, sliced

Instructions

1. 1

   Bring broth to a boil in a large pot with star anise and cinnamon, about 5 minutes.

2. 2

   While broth simmers, cook rice noodles in a separate pot of boiling salted water until tender, 3-4 minutes, then drain.

3. 3

   Stir fish sauce into the broth and taste for balance—you want savory and aromatic, not overly fishy.

4. 4

   Divide noodles between two bowls and arrange sliced beef on top in a single layer.

5. 5

   Pour the hot broth into each bowl—the residual heat will cook the beef to rare in the center, medium at the edges.

6. 6

   Serve immediately with lime wedges and sliced chili peppers on the side for squeezing and adjusting heat.

Tools you’ll need

• large pot (4-quart minimum)
• second pot (for noodles)
• colander
• two bowls
• slotted spoon or tongs
• chef's knife (for slicing beef)

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