Last night I went to my good friends' house for a special dinner. Homemade pho. Her parents were in town, so it was a chance for me to "learn" how to make it. She explained all the steps, and I got to watch, but I don't think she was ready to chance the outcome on my helping out! The house smelled wonderful, and the soup was amazing.
No recipe, but here's the gist.
Homemade Mamma Dang Pho
Beef Marrow
Ox Tail
Flank Steak
Onions, 3 whole
White Radish, 2 peeled
Star Anise
Salt
Sugar
Fish Sauce
Rice Noodles
Bean Sprouts
for garnishing at the table:
Cilantro, Basil, Mint, Green Onions - chopped
Red Onion, thinly sliced
Additional Bean Sprouts
Sliced Lemon
Hoisin, Oyster and Sriracha Sauces
"Instructions"
Boil beef marrow bones in a small pot of water to 'clean' them.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a simmer with the three large white onions.
After the bone marrow are clean (don't ask me how long this took...maybe 30 min?), rinse them in fresh water. Rinse the oxtail, and rinse the flank steak in water.
Add meat to big pot of simmering water. Add star anise, large chopped radish, and boil until the flank steak is chopstick tender (that is, you can easily stick a chopstick in it!)
Cook rice noodles.
Add broth, sliced meat and heated meat balls, bean sprouts and serve at the table with garnishes.
At least I think that's how it went down.
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