Hands up who loves a big bowl of Vietnamese pho soup? You do! Then you will love this pho salad bowl. It’s got the same great flavours as pho soup, but in a salad. Genius right? And you won’t be stuck in the kitchen for long, these delicious bowls of goodness will be yours in less than 20 minutes. Seriously, it’s the only way to get your pho on this summer!
What’s your favourite summer salad? Let me know in the comments below.
Vietnamese Pho Salad Bowl
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 serves 1x
Description
All the taste of delicious pho soup in a salad. With fresh Vietnamese flavours and tender beef, this quick and easy salad is sure to be a weeknight summer favourite.
Ingredients
- 300g rump steak sliced thinly
- 2 cups of beef stock
- 1/2 onion roughly sliced
- 2 slices ginger
- 1 garlic clove sliced
- 1 star anise
- 100g vermicelli rice noodles
- 1 lebanese cucumber
- 200g bag coleslaw mix
- handful bean shoots
- 1/2 cup chopped mint and coriander
- juice 1 lime
- 1 tbs fish sauce
- 1/4 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp rice malt syrup or honey
- 1 long red chilli
- crushed peanuts or cashews to serve
Instructions
- Add the vermicelli noodles to a saucepan of boiling water and cook for 2 minutes. When done drain them and set aside.
- Meanwhile, place the beef stock, onion, ginger, garlic, and star anise in a saucepan and bring it to the boil. Add the beef, reduce the temperature to low and give it a stir.
- While the beef is cooking, cut the cucumber into sticks, combine the mint and coriander in a bowl with the coleslaw mix, and make the dressing by mixing together the lime juice, fish sauce, rice malt syrup and chilli flakes (I like to shake all the dressing ingredients in a jar).
- After 5 minutes or when the beef is done to your liking (I like mine slightly pink in the middle) remove it with a slotted spoon, and add it to a bowl with the noddles, cucumber, bean shoots and coleslaw mix.
- Pour over the dressing, and sprinkle with fresh chilli and crushed nuts to serve.
Notes
- I have used vermicelli rice noodles, instead of rice stick noodles, because they tend to stick together when they cool down. If you are a pho traditionalist, feel free to use the rice stick noodles the soup is famous for.
- Save the stock! Freeze the liquid you cooked the beef in, for quick pho soup anytime.
- Cooking for a family? Just double the ingredients for a delicious family meal.
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