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Animistic Beliefs' frontlady Linh Luu shares her secret family recipe a spicy
Vietnamese noodlesoup, called 'Bún bò Huế'. WOW~!

Bún bò Huế is a popular Vietnamese soup containing rice vermicelli (bún) and
beef (bò). Huế is a city in central Vietnam associated with the cooking style
of the former royal court.

Ingredients:

Meats
2 pounds beef shank
2 pounds cut oxtail
2 pounds pork hocks
1 pound Huế style pork sausage

Broth Base
2 12-ounce cans chicken broth
10-12 stalks lemongrass
2 large onions, halved.
3 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons sugar
3-4 tablespoons fishsauce
2 teaspoons MSG ;)

Extra seasoning
3 tablespoons anatto seeds
3 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons shallot (takes longer to brown), optional
2 tablespoons garlic
2 tablespoons shrimp paste (Lee Kum Kee brand)

Herbz & Vegz
mint
basil
bean sprouts
spring onions 
red hot chili peppers
lime

Noodles
1 package dried rice noodle, medium/large thickness


Instructions:

Clean the meat: Add all meat to a big stock pot and enough water to submerge
it, then bring to a boil. Drain and rinse thoroughly under running water.
  
Add the meat, chicken broth, lemongrass and onions to the pot and fill with
water almost to the rim. Bring to a boil then drop the heat to medium-high to
maintain a low boil. Add the salt, sugar, MSG, shrimp paste and fishsauce to
the pot.
 
Let it simmer and periodically check the meats for doneness and remove them as
they finish cooking. The pork should be done after about an hour, the beef can
vary between 2-3 hours.
  
Let the meat cool in the fridge. This way the meat will be easier to cut in
slices later.
 
Taste the soup and adjust seasoning and add water to the broth if necessary.

Grab a saute pan and put on high heat with a bit of oil. When the oil is hot
drop all the ingredients for the extra seasoning in, except the shrimp paste.
Saute untill brown and add the shrimp paste. Stir well and add this extra
seasoning to the broth.

Boil noodles according to package instructions.

While the noodles are boiling, grab your meat from the fridge and slice them in
thin slices.

Slice or chop the spring onions, lime and chili peppers

(´･ω･`) Now it's time to assemble the bowl!!! WOOHOO!!! (´･ω･`)

Devide your noodles over the bowls.
Put the meat on top of the noodles.
Taste your broth for the last time and add seasoning if needed.
Use a big ladle to add the broth to the bowls.
Serve with the herbs and vegz on top.
Enjoy the hell out of this noodle ^^


By Linh Luu & Marvin.