Vietnamese Beef Pho Noodle Soup - Ryan's Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 lbs of ground beef chuck (or chuck roast if you have one around)
• 2 medium onions sliced into quarters or chunks
• 1 four inch piece of ginger sliced thin or diced
• 14 cups of low sodium beef broth (the best way to make this is to use this beef bouillon)
• 4 Tbs fish sauce
• 1/2 of a cinnamon stick
• 5 whole cloves
• 5 star anise pods
• 2 teaspoons black peppercorns
• 1 tsp sugar
• 16 oz Pho noodles or rice noodles
• 3/4 lb rib eye steak (you can use any steak really) very thinly sliced and lightly salted
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
• 1 quarter onion sliced thinly
• 1 jalapeno sliced (optional)
• Fresh basil
• Bean sprouts
• Lime wedges
• Siracha sauce (optional)
• Hoisin sauce (optional but good)
• Fresh mint leaves (optional)
• Salt