Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup)

• 4 lb. beef shin with bones
• 2 md. oxtails, cut up
• 5 slices fresh ginger
• 1 piece star anise
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2-1/2 tbsp. Chinese fish sauce
• 1 bundle md. Chinese vermicelli
• Boiling water
• 1/2 lb. leftover cooked sirloin (or beef tenderloin
• eye chuck), thinly sliced
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 1 md. onion, unpeeled
• Pepper
• Fresh chiles, sliced
• Fresh cilantro sprigs

1. Boil beef (with bones) or oxtails in 3 quarts cold water.
2. Skim off foam and fat.
3. Cover and simmer for 4 hours.
4. Broil onion until flesh is soft, turning often.
5. Peel.
6. Add onion, ginger, anise, salt and fish sauce to beef broth just before it has finished simmering.
7. Also just before beef broth finishes simmering, drop vermicelli into a pot of boiling water.
8. Cook 8 minutes, remove from water, rinse in cold water and drain.
9. Divide vermicelli into hree equal portions and place in 3 individual serving bowls.
10. Divide beef into 3 equal portions and place on top of vermicelli in the bowls.
11. Garnish each bowl with scallions and 2 or 3 fresh cilantro sprigs.
12. Strain broth; reserving beef and flavorings.
13. Pour one cup broth over contents of each bowl.
14. Sprinkle with pepper and chiles.
15. Serve immediately.

beef shin with, oxtails, ginger, star anise, salt, fish sauce, chinese vermicelli, boiling water, leftover cooked sirloin, scallions, onion, pepper, fresh chiles, cilantro

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/4676 (may not work)