Recipes · Vietnamese · Soups and Broths
Pho (Beef Noodle Soup)
One serving has 760 kcal and 39 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (119%), zinc (82%), selenium (79%), vitamin K (76%), phosphorus (68%) and niacin (67%). Ready in 110 minutes.
- Preparation: 20 min
- Cooking: 90 min
- Makes: 1 serving (768 g)
- Difficulty: Hard
- Diets: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, High protein
- Contains: beef, celery, fish
Ingredients
- 90 g Rice noodles, dry
- 90 g Beef brisket, raw
- 60 g Beef sirloin steak, raw
- 200 g Beef broth
- 220 g Water
- 30 g Onions, raw
- 10 g Ginger, fresh
- 1 g Anise seed
- 0.5 g Cinnamon
- 6 g Fish sauce
- 5 g Sugar
- 10 g Scallions, raw
- 5 g Cilantro, fresh
- 30 g Bean sprouts, raw
- 5 g Basil, fresh
- 5 g Lime juice
Method
- Char the onion and ginger under a broiler or over a flame until blackened in spots, then rinse off the char.
- Toast the star anise (anise seed) and cinnamon in a dry pot until fragrant, then add the beef broth and water, the charred onion and ginger, and the brisket; simmer 1-1.5 hours until the brisket is tender.
- Remove the brisket, slice thinly, and season the broth with the fish sauce and sugar; strain out the solids if you like a clear broth.
- Cook the rice noodles in boiling water 3-4 minutes until tender, then drain and divide into bowls.
- Top the noodles with the sliced brisket and the raw sliced sirloin (the hot broth will cook it), then ladle the boiling broth over.
- Serve with bean sprouts, basil, cilantro, scallion and lime on the side.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 760 kcal | 36% |
| Carbohydrates | 86.7 g | |
| Water | 608 mL | |
| Fiber | 3.6 g | 12% |
| Protein | 38.6 g | 80% |
| Tryptophan | 0.35 g | |
| Threonine | 1.4 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.6 g | |
| Leucine | 2.8 g | |
| Lysine | 2.6 g | |
| Methionine | 0.87 g | |
| Cystine | 0.44 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.4 g | |
| Tyrosine | 1.2 g | |
| Valine | 1.8 g | |
| Histidine | 1.1 g | |
| Fat | 27.1 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 11.8 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.2 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.79 g | |
| Saturated | 10.7 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 108 mg | |
| Calcium | 102 mg | 10% |
| Copper | 0.33 mg | 37% |
| Iron | 4.6 mg | 26% |
| Magnesium | 79.1 mg | 26% |
| Manganese | 0.83 mg | 46% |
| Phosphorus | 475 mg | 68% |
| Potassium | 812 mg | 17% |
| Selenium | 43.6 µg | 79% |
| Sodium | 1,489 mg | |
| Zinc | 6.6 mg | 82% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.2 mg | 18% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.32 mg | 29% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 9.4 mg | 67% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.95 mg | 19% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.83 mg | 64% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 60.4 µg | 15% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 2.9 µg | 119% |
| Choline | 142 mg | 33% |
| Vitamin A | 35.9 µg | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 12.6 mg | 17% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 0.63 mg | 4% |
| Vitamin K | 68.1 µg | 76% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
4.6 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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