Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup (Pho Bo) | Saveur

Ingredients

• 4 shallots
• 1 (2") piece ginger, unpeeled
• 1 lb. bone-in beef short ribs
• 8 cups beef broth
• 3 pods black cardamom, lightly crushed
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 (2") stick cinnamon
• ¹⁄₄ cup fish sauce
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• ¹⁄₂ lb. beef eye of round
• 8 oz. rice vermicelli noodles
• 2 cups bean sprouts
• ¹⁄₄ cup loosely packed cilantro leaves
• ¹⁄₄ cup loosely packed mint leaves
• 4 scallions, thinly sliced crosswise
• 4 Thai chiles, thinly sliced crosswise
• 4 lime wedges
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste