Beef Pho | Cooking with Sam

Ingredients

• 6 litres beef stock
• 1 thumb-sized piece (~5 cm) ginger crushed
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon coriandre seeds
• 1 whole black cardamom pod
• 8 whole cloves
• 8 whole black peppercorns
• 1 whole star anise pod
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce a crucial ingredient, smells foul but tastes great
• 1 chunk rock sugar
• 1 kg raw beef sirloin sliced thinly
• 1 kg leftover cooked beef sirloin sliced or shredded
• 3 cups cooked rice noodles such as vermicelli
• ½ white or red onion thinly sliced