PHO {VIETNAMESE BEEF NOODLE SOUP} – Sometimes Good Wife

Ingredients

• * 6 servings
• 5 lbs beef bones {oxtail, neck, shank, marrow, knuckle}
• 2 lbs chicken bones
• 1 piece cinnamon stick
• 6 whole cloves, lightly toasted
• 5 whole star anise, lightly toasted
• 4 ounces rock sugar
• 5 inch pieces of ginger, roasted in oven or charred on stove
• 2 each yellow onions, roasted in oven or charred on stove
• 2 tablespoons sea salt
• ¼ cup fish sauce
• 1 lb fresh rice noodles, blanched
• 1 lb filet mignon, thinly sliced
• 1 lb beef meatballs with tendons
• ½ lb tripe, thinly sliced and blanched
• 1 each yellow onion, sliced thinly in rounds
• 3 each green onion, thinly sliced
• ½ bunch cilantro
• ½ bunch thai basil
• 1 lb bean sprouts
• 1 each lime, cut into six wedges
• 1 dozen saw-leaf herb leaves
• 1 each serrano chili, cut into slices