Authentic Vietnamese Beef Pho (Pho Bo) Recipe | Recipe Cart

Ingredients

• 3 lbs beef knuckles or neck bones ((with meat, see notes))
• 2 lbs beef oxtail ((see notes))
• 10 cups water ((or enough to entirely cover the meat))
• 2 large yellow onions ((peeled))
• 1 fresh ginger root ((½ size of a small palm, roughly peeled))
• 4 whole star anise ((with pods))
• ½ Tbsp whole cloves
• 1 Tbsp black peppercorns
• 4 cloves garlic ((smashed))
• 1 daikon ((peeled and cut into 3 pieces))
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 small shallots ((peeled))
• 1/2 cup fish sauce ((see notes))
• 1 Tbsp salt ((plus more to taste, the original recipe calls for 2 Tbsp))
• 12 oz flat rice noodles ((pho noodles, see notes))
• 1 pound sirloin or top round steak ((sliced paper-thin against the grain))
• 1 medium yellow onion ((sliced paper-thin on a mandolin))
• 6 scallions ((chopped into rings))
• Sriracha chili sauce
• Hoisin sauce
• Fresh cilantro leaves
• Green limes ((quartered))
• Mung bean sprouts
• Thai basil leaves
• Perilla leaves
• Coriander leaves
• Fresh whole red or green chiles