BEEF PHO FOR A SMALL FAMILY OF 4 or 5 1 large knob of ginger, sliced 1 yellow onion, peeled & sliced in half 1.5 oz pho spices (I used old man brand) 2 lbs beef bones, blanched 2 lbs beef shank or brisket, blanched 2 rock sugar, about the size of a golf ball 2 tsp salt 13 cups water Chopped scallion, topping Chopped cilantro, topping Thinly sliced onion Pho noodles SEASONING: 1.5- 2 TBSP fish sauce 2 TBSP chicken bouillon ADDITONAL TOPPINGS, OPTIONAL thinly sliced eye round Beef balls Bean sprouts Basil Culantro Lime Hoisin Sriracha 1. Thinly slice ginger. Peel onion. And place pho spices in the spice bag it comes with. You can toast/ char these ingredients but I did not 2. Place all of your ingredients into an instant post: blanch beef bones, blanched beef shank/ brisket, onion, ginger slices, pho spice, rock sugar, salt, and water. Pressure cook for 45 minutes. Note: While broth is cooking, prepare your scallion, cilantro, onion and whatever other toppings you want to use 3. Once ur broth is done cooking in the instant pot, quick release/ set instant pot to vent, remove and discard everything— spice bag, beef bones and ginger slices. For beef shank, leave it off to the side to completely cool before thinly slicing. 4. Once you removed everything from the broth, pour your broth through a fine strainer 5. This next step is optional— remove the fat from you pho broth. I used a fat separator. You can also leave it to cool overnight and scoop out the fat that hardens at the top. 6. Bring your broth over stove of fire and season two preference. I seasoned with 1.5 TBSP fish sauce and 2 TBSP chicken bouillon. All that’s left is too assemble your bowl. 7. Assemble bowl by giving pho noodles a quick dunk in boiling water for 15-30 seconds and then add your preferred toppings.
KOREAN RADIAH — KKAKDUGI 2 lb Korean radish 1 TBSP kosher salt 2 TBSP sugar 1 TBSP garlic, minced 1/2 tsp mincer ginger 2 scallion, chopped 1 TBSP fish sauce 1/3 cup gochugaru (Korean red pepper flakes) 2-3 TBSP of the liquid from radish 1. Peel Korean radish. Cut into cubes. Give it a nice rinse and pat dry. Sprinkle with 1 TBSP kosher salt and 2 TBSP sugar. Combine well and let this sit for 30 mins. After 30 mins, drain the radish of the liquid. Set liquid aside. 2. into your radish, add: minced garlic, minced ginger, chopped scallion, fish sauce, gochugaru and 2-3 TBSP of the reserved liquid from your kimchi. Combine well and taste test. You can enjoy this immediately or refrigerate until it gets cold to eat.
YAKI UDON | UDON STIR FRY VEGGIES 3 carrots, julienned 8 mushrooms, sliced* 1.5 small onions, sliced *You can use any mushrooms like baby bella, button mushrooms or shiitake SAUCE 1 TBSP brown sugar 2-3 tsp dark soy sauce 3 tsp low sodium soy sauce 4 tsp rice vinegar 3-4 TBSP oyster sauce 1 TBSP sesame oil Black pepper to taste Salt to taste ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS 1.5 TBSP garlic, minced 4 brick frozen udon noodles Olive oil/ sesame oil to drizzle on noodles Oil for cooking 2 tsp dark soy sauce, for shrimp Chopped scallion, for garnishing 1. Prepare all of your veggies: onions, carrots, mushrooms and garlic (if you don’t already have it minced) 2. Mix all of your ingredients listed under SAUCE and set aside 3. Cook your bricks of udon noodle according to package. Rinse and drain under cold water. Drizzle with olive/ sesame oil to prevent sticking 4. Time to cook: heat up oil and cook shrimp, remove snd set aside 5. Next cook ur veggies: heat up some oil and sauté garlic til fragrant. Once fragrant add, mushrooms and cook for 1 minute. Then add carrots, onions, salt and black pepper to taste. Cook for 3-5 mins and remove from heat 6. Next add udon noodle and combine with shrimp. Then add veggies and combine. Add SAUCE and combine. Once all of your ingredients are in, cook for 3-5 mins. 7. Now add your noodles into your veggies and give it a little mix. Add shrimp and SAUCE, combine well. Top it off with scallion to make it ✨look healthy✨ 8. Bon Appetitties
VIETNAMESE STEAK AND EGGS⤵️ STEAK MARINADE 1 lb top sirloin, flat ribeye steak or steak of choice* 1 tsp sugar 1/8 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp chicken bouillon 1/2 tsp oyster sauce 1 tsp Maggi seasoning or soy sauce 1/2 tsp paprika *whatever cut of steak you use, just make sure it’s a thinner cut. I each cuts of steak were ~1/2 lb each SAUCE 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup hot water 1/4 cup Maggi seasoning or soy sauce sauce 1/8 cup apple cider vinegar ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS 1 TBSP garlic per steak, minced 2 eggs, per steak 1/2 TBSP non salted butter per steak Onions, thinly sliced Tomato wedges/ slices Cilantro sprigs Pate Bread, Baguette, dinner rolls 1. Combine all of your ingredients listed under STEAK MARIANDE and marinate your steak until you’ve finished prepping the rest of your ingredients 2. Combine all of your ingredients listed under SAUCE and set aside. (Note: you can leave this in the fridge for 1-2 months if you don’t use it all) 3. In a skillet on medium heat, heat up some oil and sauté 1 TBSP garlic until til fragrant. Then push ur garlic 1 side of the pan and place ur steak right on top and cook for 2-3 mins, flip and cook for another 2-3 mins. If there is any left over garlic, make sure to scoop it onto of ur steak. 4. after you flip your steak, wipe the other side of ur skillet clean of any burnt garlic, heat up some oil and crack in 2 eggs. Place 1/2 TBSP unsalted butter on ur steak. Add sliced white onions, tomatoes, springs of cilantro and pate over ur eggs. Spoon in as much/ as little of your SAUCE into your skillet. Allow this to cook until ur eggs are to its desired doneness. 5. Enjoy with rice or bread of choice. Traditionally it is eaten with French baguette
This is the best asian salad dressing. I use to eat this salad all the time in middle school and stopped cause I forgot about it but now these pregnancy cravings got me back on it!