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Pho Bo

  • 02-12-2008 5:36pm
    #1
    Pygmie
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭


    Does anyone have a quick and easy recipe for Pho Bo and would anyone know where to buy the ingredients in Dublin? Thanks!


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  • #2
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Big Chinese shop by the Luas Stop on Abbey Street will have everthing you'll I bet :)

    Recipes all over the 'net !


  • #3
    Pygmie
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭Pygmie


    Thanks. I'll check out the Chinese place at the weekend. Has anyone got any quick and easy recipes for Pho Bo that they've tried themselves and can recommend?


  • #4
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    Hmmmm - one of my Vietnamese cookbooks at home, I went through looking at the Pho recipes. The long recipe would take you three days to make. There short recipe is basically pre-made beef stock, slivered beef and noodles, with appropriate veggies and seasoning. Haven't made it yet - but I will say one thing about noodle soups - less is more on the spice front. You want a very drinkable broth, not basically a gritty sludge that you end up trying to fish the noodles out of...


  • #5
    Minder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,774 ✭✭✭Minder


    I'll echo MAJD in that there is no quick and easy pho recipe - the intensely flavoured stock that forms the basis of the soup is an epic in itself - bones (chicken or beef) roasted for 30 minutes to colour them, then simmered with vegetables and spices for 2 hours. Once the stock is ready, the rest is a doddle, but preparing the remaining ingredients takes some time. Stock cubes or concentrate just won't give the same result.

    Tom Kime has a good recipe for Pho Ca (Chicken Pho) in his book Exploring Taste & Flavour. You might find it on a blog on t'interweb.


  • #6
    Pygmie
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭Pygmie


    Ahh. That's what I thought. Wishful thinking on my part that it could be simpler. I've heard that Ho Sen in Dublin is a pretty good Vietnamese restaurant (although I haven't had a chance to eat there) but does anyone know any others? Thanks for all the replies!


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  • #7
    superdad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭superdad


    Can you advise of a Thai food store in Dublin city centre that stock authentic Thai foods.


  • #8
    Fringe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Fringe


    Anyone know any places that do a nice bowl of Pho? Had it abroad and was one of the best things I've had.


  • #9
    Pygmie
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭Pygmie


    I've heard that Ho Sen in Temple Bar do nice Pho but I haven't had a chance to try it yet. Will have to make a special trip into town one cold Saturday for a bowl!


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