The spices are simple: cinnamon, ginger, star anise, coriander, and black peppercorns. Anyways, in this delicious bowl of soup you have a simple combination of spices and aromatics that delivers a wonderful experience to your taste buds. But in this case I’ve made it with chicken (hence the ga after the pho) because I actually prefer the light flavor of the chicken over the rich gelatinous beef soup. If you’ve never had pho before, I recommend you trying this for your first time. Typically it’s served with a lean cut of beef like flank steak, the cut of beef is usually thrown into the broth raw and it’s allowed to cook in the boiling hot pho that’s been served to you. So what’s pho anways? If you couldn’t figure it out by the picture, pho is a noodle soup.
HOW TO YOU PRONOUNCE PHO FULL
By the end of the bowl, you will have full on sweats and your throat will be feeling nice and warm. There is nothing better than slurping a gigantic bowl of pho down when you have a head cold. Ever since then I’ve sought out pho whenever I need a pick me up or if I feel a cold coming.
HOW TO YOU PRONOUNCE PHO HOW TO
My friend showed me the ropes of how to properly eat pho and after that it was game over. 19 year old Unmanly Chef couldn’t believe what his mouth was tasting when the delicious salty goodness of pho hit my lips back in 2006. My first pho experience was with a Korean friend of mine who showed me the light of this magical soup. I too was one of those people who called it “Foe” instead of “Fa” before I knew what pho was. The cheap down home goodness of pho slowly drew people in and by the late 90’s early 2000’s pho joints began popping up everywhere. As a result of that, you have the spread of those foods to other parts of the world, because said people who left said war torn country still need to eat! So after the Vietnam War, there was an influx of Vietnamese immigrants who made their way to the United States. Why? Because if my blog has taught you ANYTHING, it’s that people leave war torn countries and take their foods/culture with them. Pho became popular in the United States of America/North America following the Vietnam War. The folks over at Serious Eats Food Lab say that pho is a result of the French occupation in Vietnam (formerly Indochina) pointing to pho’s similarity to the French dish pot-au-feu, while others say that it’s a result of the dish becoming popular in the countryside and making it’s way to the cities. Most historical documents point to pho getting its start in the early 20th century. It’s most definitely a Vietnamese dish, and from there things get a little fuzzy. Next, let’s discuss where pho originates from. So do not pronounce pho like it’s your “foe”. The sound that the Fu makes in that word, is how you pronounce pho. Think of your favorite four letter word (starts with a F and ends with a K). So first things first, let’s start with the pronunciation of pho. Okay that’s all the pho based puns I will use for this post. Don’t be a pho-king idiot, pho is the best.