Vietnamese Raw Beef Phô
A tasty Vietnamese soup for your slow cooker
Serving: 4
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 9 hours hrs
Total Time 9 hours hrs 5 minutes mins
For the Stock
- 1L of Beef Stock
- 1x 5cm pieces of ginger-cut in half (I cut it vertically into 3 strips for maximum flavour)
- 1x brown onion-thinly sliced
- 2x cloves of garlic-roughly chopped
- 3x Star Anise
- 2x cinnamon quills-lightly crushed
- 2 tblsp of caster sugar
- 1/3 cup of Fish Sauce
- 4 Cups (1L) of water
- Juice of half a fresh lime
- Juice of half a fresh lemon
For the Bowl
- 800g Beef Fillet-thinly sliced (as thin as possible)
- 375g Rice noodles
- Bean shoots
- Fresh herbs (coriander, mint, basil ect must be fresh)
- Red Onion-thinly sliced (for toppings)
For the Broth
Place beef stock, water, star anise, cinnamon quills, brown onion slices, fish sauce, caster sugar and ginger into the Slow Cooker.
Cook on low for 8-10 hours (as long as possible)
Cook rice noodles seperatly as per packet instructions
For the Bowl
Divide up cooked noodles into bowls
Top with thinly sliced raw beef
Add fresh herbs, red onion and bean shoots
Ladle hot stock over noodles and meat (very important that the stock is hot as it needs to cook the meat)
Add chilli and add a squeeze of lime and lemon juice to your bowl (to taste)
Enjoy :D
This is a very hearty recipe that I found on Taste.Com and have adapted for my slow cooker.
I used a large 6L cooker as I doubled the recipe.