Phở is pronounced variously as "foo" is a Vietnamese soup consisting of broth, rice noodles called bánh (bún) phở, herbs and meat.

Today we in Soup Swappers will be post Vietnamese Soup recipes. Our Host for the month Sue Lau gave us this theme.

I have never tried to make Vietnamese dishes, this is the first time made a soup and enjoyed having it too. Thank you Sue for hosting this event and choosing this theme.

Serves 2

Ingredients

100 Grams Rice Noodles
1 Tablespoon Oil
150 Grams Pork tenderloin (skinless ,fat-less &boneless)
1 Scallion - chopped

1 Small Onion - finely chopped
1 Tablespoon Fresh Ginger - finely chopped

1 Green chilly - finely chopped - optional
1 Large Tomato - chopped
1 Teaspoon Fish sauce - can add more according to taste
Salt to taste
3 to 4 Cups Water

1 Chicken Stock cube

A Handful of Bean Sprouts
1 Tablespoon Fresh Lime juice

1/4 Teaspoon Paprika

1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper powder

Lime wedges for serving
A few Leaves of Mint and Basil

Method

Cut the pork into thick strips, keep aside.

Chop the scallion and keep the white and greens separately.

In large pot, heat oil add the chopped onions, green chilly, ginger and saute for a minute then add the pork, saute stirring occasionally, for 2 to 3 minutes.

Add the tomatoes, fish sauce, salt, water, and stock cube. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the pork is just done ( transferred it to a pressure cooker and cooked it for 8 minutes after the first whistle on low flame ). When the pork is done, taste for salt, add paprika, black pepper powder and give it a quick stir.

This is homemade sprouted beautiful Beans.

Add the bean sprouts, and greens of the scallion, let it simmer for a minute. Take off flame. Add lime juice and rice noodles into the soup and let it rest covered for 10 minutes.