Beef and Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 6 lb. oxtails or meaty beef bones
• 2 yellow onions, peeled and quartered
• 4 turnips, quartered
• 4 whole star anise
• 8 cloves
• 1 (3") piece fresh ginger, crushed
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 4 kaffir lime leaves (optional)
• Vietnamese fish sauce (nýớc mắm)
• 1 lb. dried flat rice noodles
• Vegetable oil
• 5 shallots, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 cups bean sprouts
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced
• 7 fresh hot red chiles (Thai or serrano), thinly sliced
• 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 cup fresh holy or sweet basil leaves
• 1 lime, cut into wedges
• 1⁄2 lb. top sirloin, thinly sliced
• Hoisin sauce