Beef Pho
- Ingredients:
- 5 pounds beef knuckle, with meat
- 2 pounds beef oxtail
- 1 white (daikon) radish, sliced
- 2 onions, chopped
- 2 ounces whole star anise pods
- 1/2 cinnamon stick
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1 slice fresh ginger root
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 1/2 pounds dried flat rice noodles
- 1/2 pound frozen beef sirloin
Directions:
Place the beef knuckle in a very large (9 quart or more) pot. Season with salt, and fill pot with 2 gallons of water. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 2 hours.
Skim fat from the surface of the soup, and add the oxtail, radish and onions. Tie the anise pods, cinnamon stick, cloves, peppercorns and ginger in a cheesecloth or place in a spice bag; add to the soup.
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Interview with Nueve Restaurant
KA: Hello readers, today we are here with Nueve Resturant owner Charles Nguyen. How are you sir?
CN: Good morning.
KA: We know from earlier in the week that you had a resturant in America for a few years before moving back home to here in Vietnam. What got you to want to come home?
CN: Well I went to America for Culinary School, and I learned a lot through internships and finally having my own place. After a while I wanted to bring what I learned home and share it with my people.
KA: Family and Culture is important. What did you think of American tastes?
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