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Beef Pho with rice noodles

Name: Beef Pho with rice noodles
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. vegetable oil; 400 g (14oz) sirloin steak, excess fat trimmed; 1 L (2 3/4 pint) beef stock; 1 star anise; 4 whole cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 1tbsp each soy and fish sauce, plus extra to taste; 150 g (5oz) rice noodles; 1 onion, very thinly sliced; 225 g (8oz) bean sprouts; 1 red chilli, sliced into rings; Small handful each fresh basil and coriander, chopped; Lime wedges, to serve

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By The GH Kitchen TeamUpdated: 16 January 2020

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This beef pho recipe couldn't be simpler and can be ready to eat in just 35 minutes.

The beef stock will be full of flavour with the addition of cloves, star anise, cinnamon, soy and fish sauce plus chilli.

You can also try making chicken pho with noodles.

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Yields:

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

20 mins

Total Time:

35 mins

Cal/Serv:

331

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
400 g (14oz) sirloin steak, excess fat trimmed
1 l (2 3/4 pint) beef stock
1 star anise
4 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1tbsp each soy and fish sauce, plus extra to taste
150 g (5oz) rice noodles
1 onion, very thinly sliced
225 g (8oz) bean sprouts
1 red chilli, sliced into rings
Small handful each fresh basil and coriander, chopped
Lime wedges, to serve

Directions

1. Step 1
  Heat the oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Pat the steak dry with kitchen paper, season well and fry for 5-6min, turning once, for medium meat (cook for shorter/longer if you prefer). Lift steaks out of frying pan and set aside on a board.
2. Step 2
  Pour stock into a separate large pan and add the spices. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5min. Add the soy sauce, fish sauce and noodles; cook for 5min, then add the onion, beansprouts and chilli. Take off the heat.
3. Step 3
  Slice the steak into thin strips. Divide  the soup among four large bowls. Add a quarter of the beef strips to each bowl  and sprinkle over the herbs. Serve with lime wedges.

Per Serving:

Calories: 331
Total carbs: 37 g
Sugars: 3 g
Total fat: 8 g
Saturated fat: 2 g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time