Legit Vietnamese Pho At Home

Homemade pho is not some coveted secret. You can make your pho taste just as good if not better than your favorite restaurant by using a little technique. The result being a rich yet clean tasting fragrant broth with lots of fatty and chewy textures. It's everything you want in a bowl of soup.

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[mikyles.]

“Pretty good for a white boi”, is the greatest honor an asian chef can bestow upon you

[nhuton]

Hi Joshua,
I am 100% Vietnamese. I was born and raised in Vietnam. My Vietnamese team and I run a Vietnamese restaurant in NYC. Pho is very popular in my restaurant.
I have been travelling across Vietnam and tried different kinds of Pho in different regions. Chefs use different techniques to bring out their best Pho recipe.

You are great. You can’t please everyone. You don’t have to be Asian or Vietnamese to learn how to make Pho. We can always keep learning and trying new methods of cooking. You don’t have to stick to traditional ways as long as the flavors are there...
Please don’t allow racist people let you down!
Keep learning and pushing things forward.

[hzgts]

I'm a farmer from NSW Australia. My American wife introduced me to Pho in Seattle 10 years ago and it changed my life! Vietnamese quickly became my favourite food ever.

[Lilyium]

I'm Viet but born in Australia so I don't know how to cook Pho, wanted to make this for my parents when they visit. After trying this my parents think I'm a chef born in Vietnam. Absolutely loved it. Has authentic flavours you can only find at a Viet restaurant. 🖤

[duypham]

Some pieces of advice from a Vietnamese
- use the white sugar instead of brown sugar and don't forget salt, not just only fish sauce.
- should not that much coriander seed
- roast all the spices before add in the stock
The rest are quite right!!!

[gus]

1:28 didn’t know this was a cake recipe too

[stephenchow]

My wife and I uses a similar recipe and I would highly recommend using an herb bag to add in your onions / ginger / star anise / coriander seeds / cinnamon so you can skip the straining part. (Kind of in a similar manner to how you wrapped your cilantro in cheesecloth)

[mattn]

I'm Vietnamese and have been making pho, watched my mother and a plethora of cooks making pho all my life. I've never seen a pho broth so dark. There's no need to sear or roast any meat before cooking. Only the onions and ginger should be roasted to "sweeten, " or reduce the sharpness, of their flavors. Also, thick beef marrow bones need 8-10 hours of slow simmering to extract all that beefy flavors and unctuous mouth feel from the gelatin.

Pho broth needs to have a light amber color, so that when poured into the bowl the noodles, meats and herbs aren't completely drown in a pool of brackish liquid. Remember, we eat with our eyes first. Also, never cook the noodles before hand and place it into the bowl at room temp, it'll lower the temp of the broth too quickly. Just soak the dried noodles in cold or warm water for 30-60 minutes to rehydrate them, then blanche in boiling water for 30 seconds just before serving. That way, the whole bowl of pho will still be piping hot when it's brought to the table.

Lastly, never ever put whole pieces of lime or lemons into the broth! The oils in the rinds will leach into the broth and give it that very unpleasant, bitter taste. You don't want a bitter tasting broth after all that work.

[imltpn]

“Pretty good for a white boi” 😂 you did a really good job sir.

Just a few side notes, based on the way my mom makes Pho.
1. We would let the raw bones first sit in the water, with salt, for around an hour or longer, I don’t remember exactly. You do this to dilute the bloody stuff from the bones, so when you cook them the broth will be clearer.
2. We don’t put the fish sauce directly while cooking because it’ll make a broth sour. We put it afterward right before serving, or in a separate pot like you did at the end ☺️

Mom, are you proud of me? 😂

[ottovonbismarck]

I have a Vietnamese friend who taught me how to make Pho, and she bestowed me the honor of "pretty good for a white boy." Something that I'll wear as a badge of honor until the day I die!

[uknowho]

As a Vietnamese cook, I wholeheartedly approve this video. One small thing is when you season the broth, using too much fish sauce can make the broth smell little strong. I would use coarse sea salt + fish sauce. Other than that, great recipe!

[ATu]

omg, this guy even knows how to stew the bones for the soup becomes more sweet and flavour and rinse the air bubble with racket. Even some Pho restaurant dont know how to do this, they just simply add cinamon, star anise and cardamom inside. 10/10 bro.

[fuhvendor]

Making phở is one way to get your house smelling like noodle soup heaven

[Swimmeret_]

*4:21* :
"I hate bean sprouts"
I think that you made a lot of pho lovers suffer, with this sentence...

[michaelgartner]

I just made this today, totally legit. Couple of things I did different as I am a diabetic, I do use bean sprouts as it has a low glycemic index and I substitute the rice noodles with shirataki (yam) noodles and used swerve sweetener instead of sugar. Still totally delicious!!! If you cant have too many carbs consider what I did you wont be disappointed... yummy

[killersquall]

Can't believe as a Vietnamese I'm learning to make Pho from a non-Vietnamese! Jokes aside, making Pho isn't a real norm here for most households in Vietnam as we like to eat Pho outside, in our favorite Pho stations! Props to you man JW, good job making a solid tutorial and will definitely try out your take!

[cronavirus]

I showed this recipe to my rat and now he is cooking dinner.

[emilymoran]

Joshua: Gets complimented by Vietnamese man on his pho

Also Josh: A core memory

[catherinegray]

The first time I made pho, my husband had no idea what I was cooking.
His response?
1. I seriously thought you were baking an apple pie, and
2. It's better than I thought it would taste.

My first time was not too bad. My second was such pure perfection I sobbed. And since then, I haven't been able to make it right. What. The. Pho? Gonna try your recipe and see if I can get back to the goods!

[mrkenlly]

After watching Rachael Ray "PHO", i just want to say that I LOVE you Daddy Joshua