Pho (beef noodle soup) - Canada's Food Guide

Ingredients

• 1 onion, quartered
• 3.5 cm (1 ½ inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and halved
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 2 cloves garlic, whole
• Pinch hot pepper flakes
• 1 L (4 cups) lower sodium beef broth
• 250 mL (1 cup) water
• 125 mL (½ cup) matchstick or shredded carrot
• 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 15 mL (1 tbsp) lime juice
• 5 mL (1 tsp) lower sodium soy sauce
• 125 g (4 oz) brown rice vermicelli noodles
• 225 g/½ lb striploin steak, well-trimmed and very thinly sliced
• 250 mL (1 cup) bean sprouts
• 60 mL (¼ cup) fresh cilantro, mint and basil leaves, chopped