Preparation
1 hour 20 minutes
Cooking
1 hour 10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Change up your family’s breakfast with the simple and nutritious pork bone noodle soup that is easy to make. Let’s go to the kitchen with this beverage recipe!
Ingredients for Pork Bone Noodles Serves 5 people
Pork bones 1 kg Beef 400 gr Lemongrass 6 stalks Green onions/cilantro 4 stalks Shallots 3 bulbs Accompanying vegetables 300 gr (banana flower/lettuce/herbs/…) White wine 50 ml (to eliminate meat odor) Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Pork noodle seasoning powder 1 packet (25gr) Common spices a little (salt/sugar/MSG/seasoning powder/ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pork bones
- Choose bones that have both bone and meat for a fragrant and sweet broth.
- Select bones that are bright in color, not pale, without strange odors, and not cold.
- It is advisable to choose bones of medium size, about 2 – 3 finger joints.
How to choose fresh beef
- You should prioritize selecting pieces of beef that are bright red with white streaks of fat and the fat is bright yellow.
- Avoid buying pieces of beef that are dark red, with dark yellow fat. Spoiled or old beef usually has white spots on the meat, feels mushy, sticky, and may even emit an unusual odor.
- If you want tender beef, you should choose the beef fillet or brisket; although they are more expensive, these are the tenderest and sweetest parts of the cow. Especially for beef noodle soup, you should choose brisket or flank to highlight their distinctive flavors in the dish.
Tools needed:
Stove, pot, knife, cutting board, ladle,…
How to prepare Pork Bone Noodle Soup
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Prepare the ingredients
To remove the unpleasant smell of pork bones and beef, rub the bones and meat with 50 ml of white wine for about 10 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with several times of water.
Cut the beef into thin slices suitable for eating.
Wash the lemongrass, peel off the outer layers, smash the tender inner core, and cut into pieces about the size of a finger.
Wash the green onions and cilantro, trim the roots, and chop finely. Peel the shallots and mince them.
Wash the accompanying vegetables, chop them, and let them drain.
Effective ways to remove the smell of meat at home
- Remove the smell of meat by rubbing salt with fresh ginger around the piece of beef for about 5 minutes, then rinse with water.
- Massage the beef with a little lemon or vinegar and let it sit for a few minutes before rinsing to make the meat more fragrant.
- Marinate the beef with minced garlic or shallots before stir-frying to help eliminate the unpleasant smell and enhance its flavor when cooking.
See details: Effective and quick ways to remove the smell of meat at home
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Marinate the pork bones
Add the prepared pork bones into a bowl. Next, add gradually 1/2 packet of noodle soup seasoning, minced shallots, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1/3 tablespoon of salt, 1/3 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, 1/3 tablespoon of ground pepper, and 1/3 tablespoon of seasoning powder, then mix well.
Marinate the pork bones for about 30 – 45 minutes to let the bones absorb the seasoning.
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Cook the noodle soup
Place a pot on the stove and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to heat. When the oil is hot and bubbling, add the crushed lemongrass along with the remaining 1/2 packet of noodle soup seasoning and sauté until fragrant and golden over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
Pour all the marinated pork bones into the pot and stir-fry for an additional 10 minutes until the bones are firm. Add 2 liters of water to the pot and simmer the bones for about 30 – 40 minutes over medium heat to achieve a fragrant and sweet broth.
After simmering, season with 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, and 1/3 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, then stir well to dissolve the seasoning. When the broth boils, taste and adjust the seasoning as needed.
Add the sliced beef onto a slotted spoon and place it into the pot of boiling broth. Blanch the beef for about 2 minutes until it is slightly cooked, then serve it in a bowl with noodles and bones, ladle the broth over, and enjoy right away!
Tip:
- To save time for breakfast, you can marinate the bones and simmer them the night before.
- If you want the broth to be even more delicious and sweet, you can add white radish or onion to simmer with the bones.
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Final Product
A pot of fragrant beef noodle soup with pork bones, steaming and aromatic, will stimulate your hungry stomach when you wake up. The broth, rich and sweet from simmered bones, is well-seasoned and blends perfectly with tender, sweet rare beef. Adding a bit of vegetables and chili paste makes it absolutely delicious.
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So your family’s breakfast menu now has an additional delicious dish that is not too difficult to make, right? TasteVN hopes you will successfully prepare this irresistible, rich-flavored bún bò xương heo!
