25-Min Rare Beef Pho
Quick pho broth spiked with fish sauce and star anise, served over rice noodles and paper-thin rare beef that cooks in the hot broth. Bean sprouts and hoisin on the side for dipping.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 385
- Protein
- 32g
Ingredients
- 8 cups beef broth
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 whole star anise
- 8 oz rice noodles (dried, 1/8-inch wide)
- 1 lb beef sirloin or eye of round, thinly sliced
- 2 cups fresh bean sprouts
- ½ cup hoisin sauce
Instructions
- 1
Bring broth to a boil in a large pot with star anise and fish sauce, about 6 minutes.
- 2
While broth heats, boil rice noodles in salted water until tender, ~4 minutes. Drain and divide among four bowls.
- 3
Remove star anise from broth. Taste and adjust fish sauce or salt.
- 4
Arrange sliced beef in a single layer over noodles in each bowl.
- 5
Carefully ladle hot broth over beef; the heat will cook the slices rare, ~20 seconds. Serve immediately.
- 6
Set out bean sprouts and hoisin sauce on the side for each diner to add to taste.
Tools you’ll need
- large pot (4-quart minimum)
- small cutting board
- sharp knife
- four soup bowls
- ladle
- second pot (for noodle boiling)
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