Beef Noodle Soup with Rice Noodles: Pho Bo - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Beef Noodle Soup with Rice Noodles: Pho Bo is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 4 pounds, 8 ounces/ 2 kg oxtail*
- *Cook's Note: Ask your butcher to chop it into 1 1/4-inch/3 cm pieces
- 4 tablespoons salt
- 1 unpeeled garlic bulb
- 4 large unpeeled onions
- 5 1/4 ounces/150 g unpeeled ginger
- 4 pounds, 8 ounces/ 2 kg beef brisket
- 3/4 cup/ 185 ml fish sauce
- 2 3/4 ounces/80 g rock sugar
- 3 pounds, 8 ounces/ 1.6 kg fresh rice noodle (you will need about 7 ounces/ 200 g per person)
- 14 ounces/400 g trimmed sirloin, thinly sliced
- 4 spring onions ( scallions), sliced freshly ground black pepper
- Fresh coriander ( cilantro) sprigs
- 2 bird's eye chiles, sliced
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
- Spice pouch
- 8 cloves
- 5 star anise
- 2 cassia bark, about 4-inches /10 cm in length
- 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
- 1 (16-inch/40 cm) square piece muslin cloth
Instructions
- In a large pot, submerge the oxtail in cold water, add 3 tablespoons salt and soak for 1 hour, then drain.
- To make the spice pouch, dry roast each ingredient separately in a frying pan over medium heat until fragrant.
- Cool, then coarsely grind the spice using a mortar and pestle or small spice grinder. Add the ground spices to the muslin square and tie up tightly in a knot. Set aside.
- Heat a barbecue grill or chargill pan over medium-high heat and grill the unpeeled garlic, onions and ginger evenly for 15 minutes in total until all sides are blackened.
- Now peel the blackened skins and discard them, and then roughly chop. By doing this, the garlic, onion and ginger becomes sweet and fragrant, releasing more flavour into the stock.
- Put the oxtail, brisket and 200 fluid ounces/ 6 litres cold water in a stockpot and bring to the boil. While the stock is boiling, constantly skim any impurities off the surface for 15 minutes (this will ensure a clean, clear broth), then reduce the heat to a low simmer.
- Add the fish sauce, remaining 1 tablespoon salt, rock sugar, garlic, onions, ginger, and spice pouch.
- Cover and simmer for 3 hours, or until the stock has reduced to almost 1/2.
- Strain the stock through a muslin cloth. Remove the brisket, set aside to cool, then thinly slice.
- Blanch each portion of noodles in boiling water for 20 seconds.
- Drain, then transfer to a serving bowl.
- Place 3 or 4 slices of brisket on top of the noodles, followed by 3 or 4 pieces of raw sirloin. Pour over the hot stock to cover the noodles and beef.
- Serve with 1 tablespoon spring onion, a pinch of black pepper, and a coriander sprig to each bowl.
- At the table, add chile, and a squeeze of lime.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Beef Noodle Soup with Rice Noodles: Pho Bo recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Lunch. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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