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SOUTHEAST ASIAN

Bún Bò Huế

Spicy Hue-style beef noodle soup with lemongrass, shrimp paste, and round rice vermicelli.

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Start from beef bone broth (or beef pho broth for extra spice already in the base). Lemongrass, chili, and shrimp paste layer onto stock you already extracted.

Ingredients

  • 2.5–3 L beef bone broth (or beef pho broth)
  • Round rice vermicelli (bún); beef shank or brisket slices
  • Lemongrass, shrimp paste, garlic, shallots, gochugaru or dried chilies
  • Fish sauce, sugar, lime leaves or banana blossom
  • optionalPork hocks or blood cake

Method

  1. Warm the bone broth; fry lemongrass, shrimp paste, and aromatics in oil until fragrant.
  2. Deglaze into the broth; simmer 30–45 minutes with beef if using.
  3. Season boldly with fish sauce, salt, and sugar; balance sour, salty, and heat.
  4. Cook vermicelli; portion noodles, broth, beef, and herbs.