Pho Noodle Bowl

Travel the world in a bowl!  Pho (pronounced ‘furr’) is a soup from Vietnam, often served as street food.  It consists of bone broth, rice noodles, spices, and thinly sliced meat (usually beef).  It’s a taste sensation and well worth the effort to prepare with all the trimmings.
 
“A good pho is a well made beef broth with charred aromatics, sweetened with sugar, and seasoned with fish sauce. Traditionally this was made with bones, but for this recipe we are going with a cheap cut of meat.”

Tools: Instant Pot, blow torch (or open flame or hot grill)
 
Ingredients:
 
1/2 onion, peeled
1 shallot, peeled, halved length wise
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
5 star anise
2 inches ginger
50g (approx 1/4 cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
1 kg beef (either boneless beef ribs or chuck, remove excess fat)
350g medium rice noodles
fish sauce to taste
 
To serve:
 
Shredded sirloin roast or brisket
Or, 8 meatballs (2 per bowl)
bean sprouts
limes
basil
coriander (rough chopped)
jalapeno (sliced)
sriracha
hoisin
 
 
Arrange the onion, shallot, cinnamon stick, cloves, coriander seeds, and star anise on a heat proof baking sheet and blow torch until fragrant. Alternately, char on an outdoor grill, over a gas range, or under hot oven grill.
 
Transfer charred aromatics along with sugar and meat to Instant Pot. Fill to the 2/3 fill line with water. Set Pressure Cook on High for 35 minutes.  When complete allow a full Natural Pressure Release.
 
Once cool enough to taste, skim off excess fat, strain the broth and separate aromatics and meat.  Place meat to the side.  Add 1 teaspoon of fish sauce at a time and keep tasting, do not over season.   Add a little extra sugar if your palate prefers.
 
Return broth to the Instant Pot and add the rice noodles.  Set to Sauté and allow to cook up until tender. 
 
Shred the sirloin or brisket, or have the meatballs ready to add.
 
To serve:
 
Ladle the noodles and meat in a bowl and cover with hot broth. Serve with a plate of bean sprouts, limes, basil, rough chopped onion and cilantro and jalapeno. Have small dipping plates of sriracha and hoisin sauces for each person.

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