Neil Rankin recipes to make the most of your Crock Pot -

Ingredients

• 1 short rib
• 50g shitake mushrooms, sliced
• 500ml beef stock
• 500ml water
• half an onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 20g fresh ginger
• 1 lemongrass stick (bashed)
• 2 red chillies
• half a bunch coriander
• 3 stalks of mint
• 2 spring onions
• 20ml of fish sauce
• 250g flat Banh pho noodles, prepared according to packet instructions, to serve
• salt
• 2 limes