I have had lots of messages about the beef soup I posted the other night asking for a recipe. I generally cook this one by taste but here is a ROUGH recipe. I will measure it properly next time! I know that this isn’t a traditional Vietnamese Pho but the spices are similar so maybe I should just call it Garlic, Ginger and cinnamon beef broth…not sure if that sounds as appealing!
Here goes
Ingredients for broth
3 liters of water (filtered preferably)
1 kg of beef bones
6 pieces of osso bucco (yes Italian meat in an Asian broth ☺)
6 star anise
3 cinamon sticks or
2 onions cut into chunks
1 large cube of fresh ginger
4 large cloves of garlic
1 tbs apple cider vinegar
1 tbs sea salt
pepper to taste
Your choice of green veg
The rest of ingredients use to your taste 🙂
Lime
Fish sauce
Chili
Coriander
Fermented vegetables
Place all ingredients for broth in large pot. Bring to boil and then simmer for at least 3 hours.
Cook vegetables separately.
Add an extra 2 cloves of grated garlic before turning off the heat and stir well.
Place stock, vegetables and meat from stock in bowl. Add a squeeze of lime juice, a dash of fish sauce.
I wait till it cools a little and then top with a tsp of fermented vegetables.
Enjoy! Perfect for this chilly weather!! Kid friendly and enough for left overs.