Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup. It is usally served with beef(pho bo), or chicken (pho ga). Rice vermicelli noodles are used, and is often served with basil, lime, bean sprouts, onions, and peppers.
The soup base is usually made by simmering beef (oxtail, and other parts) or sometimes chicken bones as well. Other thins added are onion, cinnamon, star anise, ginger, black cardamom, coriander seed, fennel seed, and clove. However I did not have some of these ingredients, nor did I want to spend hours simmering stock.
So here's what I used for this recipe:
For Soup base
2 cups water
2 cups low sodium Beef Broth
2 tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tbsp BBQ sauce(...yes bbq sauce!)
1 tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar
1 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Thyme
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 large pieces of sliced Ginger
2 Garlic cloves diced
1 Large Onion chopped
