
Unlock the art of beef pho with a personal broth twist, from selecting ingredients to cooking a delectable bowl in ten easy steps for your kitchen.
Learn to assemble a grouped beef pho ingredient list for easier groceries, highlight regional variations, and optional items, plus a personal recipe and the downloadable PDF with full details.
Begin with a thorough cleaning: soak oxtail, beef shank, and brisket in salt and rice vinegar for at least 1 hour, then semi boil and rinse.
Learn to craft a clear pho broth in four hours using a slow-cook method, foam removal, and salt, while prepping bones, meat, and grilling the herbs.
Grill the larger herbs first in an old pan, releasing aroma. Add the smaller spices (cinnamon, cardamom, star-anise, dried mandarin skin) and vegetables (onion, ginger) and drop into the broth.
Master the Vietnamese traditional method to cut pineapple from scratch for beef pho broth, using it as a sweet, nutritious substitute and noting pineapple's vitamin C and antioxidants.
Build beef pho broth by slow-simmering for hours and removing fat. Test tenderness, pineapple optional, season with fish sauce and brown sugar, keep meat submerged in a cotton bag.
Place a tablecloth under cutting board for stability and quieter chopping; soak onion slices to reduce spiciness, then prep scallions, cilantro, chilies, lime, and bean sprouts before slicing beef.
Learn to cut cooked and raw beef for pho, slice against grain into thin pieces, trim fat, and use ginger for semi cooking before frying sticks and boiling noodles.
Learn to make quẩy, fried breadsticks, as a crunchy dip for beef pho broth. Use frozen or fresh breadsticks, fry in medium heat, and drain excess oil.
Boil dried pho noodles for two servings, 100 grams, in 1.5 liters of water for 2–7 minutes, until soft. Explore pho noodle types and label phrases like bánh phở.
Plate the pho by keeping the broth hot and avoiding high-heat boil for more than 3 minutes, then decorate with noodles, meat, vegetables, and add sauces to taste.
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In this online cooking class, you're going to learn and cook a national Vietnamese dish as well as the king of our street food: Phở Bò which is Beef Pho Noodle Soup . To help you pronounce “phở” correctly, you can memorize: “fuh”.
This dish is originated from the North of Vietnam however, it is very famous not only all around the country but also internationally.
It is being cooked in various ways where people use many different ingredients and methods in the three main regions (North, Center, and South) therefore the final taste and how we serve this dish also changes accordingly.
In this class I’ll guide you through every 10 simple steps, you’ll learn to cook beef pho using my best personal recipe which I have developed over the years.
It’s not only a traditional dish, it’s also among the most popular, healthy, and delicious dishes of our Vietnamese cuisine which is a combination of tasty beef bone and meat in a flavorful broth that has been slow-cooked with selected aromatic herbs and vegetables.
Together with fresh jasmine rice noodle (bánh phở) and other chopped fine tropical vegetables (included shallots, green onion, and coriander).
The best way to serve this dish is while it’s hot with black pepper, hot chili sauce, or fresh chili slices (optional) and garlic vinegar or fresh lime juice.
Pho is often being served for breakfast in Vietnam from the most crowded street-food restaurants to high-end dining, but you can enjoy it any time of the day in any season.
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