Bo Kho – Spicy Stew Beef

Soups
PREP TIME:
30 minutes

SERVES:

6-8

TOTAL COOKING TIME:

6 hours
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INGREDIENTS
  • 5 lbs beef soup bones
  • 1 lb beef tendons
  • 2 sweet onions
  • 4 carrots
  • 2 large potatoes
  • 1 tbsp candy rocks
  • 1/8 cup fish sauce
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 cup dried star anise (20-25 pieces)
  • 8 oz Gia Vi Bo Kho soup paste
  • Dried bay leaves (5 leaves)
  • 4 gloves fresh garlic, sliced
  • Rice noodles, Bank Pho noodle, Bue Bo Hue Jiangxi rice stick noodles
  • Vegetables: bean sprouts, fresh basil, lime, cilantro, jalapeno peppers (sliced)

DIRECTIONS

  1. 1.
    Clean and wash beef bones. Remove excess fat.
  2. 2.
    Using a large soup pot, fill 24 cups (6 quarts) of cold water and bring slowly to boil.
  3. 3.
    Add candy rocks, salt, beef bones to pot.
  4. 4.
    Peel and cut sweet onions. Set aside.
  5. 5.
    Peel and clean carrots and potatoes. Cut carrots into 1" pieces. Set aside.
  6. 6.
    Add to pot: Bo Kho soup paste, star anise, fish sauce, onions, sliced fresh garlic, bay leaves, black pepper. Cook for 4 hours over medium heat.
  7. 7.
    Add carrots, potatoes to pot. Cook for another 2 hours.
  8. 8.
    Serve with rice noodles, Bank Pho noodle, Bue Bo Hue Jiangxi rice stick noodles with bean sprouts, fresh basil, lime, cilantro, jalapeno peppers (sliced)