Vietnamese Pho Bo Vien II

My 2nd try making Pho Bo Vien. I think I like the beef balls from my 1st try better. Somehow this time I couldn’t make it as smooth hahahha

Still delish tho, if I may say so myself, but my gosh, ugly beef balls 😛

See my 1st here

1 medium onion, thinly sliced
hoisin sauce
green onion, thinly sliced
Sriracha hot sauce
beef balls (see recipe below)
1 block/spice cube ready to use pho mix (VIEN GIA VI PHO)
5 cm ginger (slightly char/burn)
1 pocket/filter bag ready to use pho mix (GIA VI PHO PASTEUR)
1 large onion (slightly char/burn)
10 liter water
6 beef bones
fish sauce
1 lime
salt and sugar and MSG
bean sprouts
rice noodle, cook as package directed, drain

Beef Balls:

700 grams lean ground beef balls

Hungarian Vegeta seasonings

garlic powder

rice powder

1 egg

one handfull oatmeal

ground corriander

scallion powder

ground black pepper

sesame oil

fish sauce

Mix all ingredients, make balls.
Bring water to a boil, put balls into the boiling water. When balls came to surface means they are cooked.

Soup:

Add washed beef bones, onion+ginger, 1 pocket of pho mix to a boil into 10 liters of water.
When cooking foams will form, remove foams.
When soup begins to boil, add salt, sugar, MSG and 1 spice cube of pho. Stir well, remove foams.
Add fish sauce as much as needed

To serve:

Put cooked rice noodle in a bowl, add in green onion, onion, sliced
beef balls (no need to slice if you dont want to), bean sprouts, and
pour the hot soup
Serve with hot sauce and hoisin sauce
Add lime juice
Additional garnishes: cilantro or chili 

Print Recipe

Pho Bo Vien

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion thinly sliced
• hoisin sauce
• green onion thinly sliced
• Sriracha hot sauce
• beef balls see recipe below
• 1 block/spice cube ready to use pho mix VIEN GIA VI PHO
• 5 cm ginger slightly char/burn
• 1 pocket/filter bag ready to use pho mix GIA VI PHO PASTEUR
• 1 large onion slightly char/burn
• 10 liter water
• 6 beef bones
• fish sauce
• 1 lime
• salt and sugar and MSG
• bean sprouts
• rice noodle cook as package directed, drain

Beef Balls

• 700 grams lean ground beef balls
• Hungarian Vegeta seasonings
• garlic powder
• rice powder
• 1 egg
• one handful oatmeal
• ground coriander
• scallion powder
• ground black pepper
• sesame oil
• fish sauce

Instructions

Beef Balls

• Mix all ingredients, make balls.
• Bring water to a boil, put balls into the boiling water. When balls came to surface means they are cooked.

Soup

• Add washed beef bones, onion+ginger, 1 pocket of pho mix to a boil into 10 liters of water.
• When cooking foams will form, remove foams.
• When soup begins to boil, add salt, sugar, MSG and 1 spice cube of pho. Stir well, remove foams.
• Add fish sauce as much as needed

Serving

• Put cooked rice noodle in a bowl, add in green onion, onion, sliced beef balls (no need to slice if you dont want to), bean sprouts, and pour the hot soup
• Serve with hot sauce and hoisin sauce
• Add lime juice
• Additional garnishes: cilantro or chili