Tag: bone

Whenever the weather starts turning cool, my thoughts turn to soups, stews, and broths. There is nothing better to take the chill off your bones than a piping hot bowl of soup. I am often asked if CVap can be used to make a good stock or broth, and the answer is a resounding yes! Over the years I’ve made great beef, pork, and poultry stocks. I’ve made Tonkotsu ramen broth out of mountain ham bones. One of my favorite broth-based dishes to make and eat is Pho. Pho is a traditional Vietnamese noodle dish with fragrant and aromatic broth. No matter which broth is your favorite, the basic method detailed in this recipe creates a beautiful result. No worries about scorching with CVap – just enjoy this wonderfully fragrant, aromatic broth!

Ingredients

Recipe yields 10 servings

• 4 kilograms assorted beef, pork neck and poultry back bones
  (charred bones in CVap cook & hold 150°F food temp 10, level browning for 2 hours)
• 4 onions
• 6 carrots (rough cut into large pieces)
• 7 stalks of celery (rough cut into large pieces)
• 6 pods star anise
• 85 grams of sliced fresh ginger
• 45 grams garlic cloves (smashed)
• 21 grams kosher salt
• 32 grams fish sauce (I prefer Red Boat fish sauce 40N )
• 10 liters of cold water
• 3 (8oz.) packages dried noodles
• 1.5 kg top sirloin (thinly sliced)
• 2 bunches of cilantro (stemmed and roughly chopped)
• 2 bunches of scallions (roughly chopped)
• 3 cups bean sprouts
• 2 bunches Thai basil
• Limes, cut into 4 wedges
• Bourbon Barrel Soy to taste
• Chef Edward Lees Sambal Hot Sauce to taste

Directions

1. Preheat CVap cook & hold oven to 150°F food temperature and 10 level browning.
2. Place bones in 6” deep full-size hotel pan and roast in the preheated oven until browned, about 2 hours.
3. Place onion on char broiler and grill until blackened and soft, about 15 minutes.
4. Add charred onion, carrots, celery, ginger, garlic, salt, star anise, and fish sauce in the pan with roasted bones and cover with 8 liters of cold water. Place pan in CVap oven set to 190°F food temperature and browning level 3. Simmer for minimum of 12 hours. Strain the broth into a clean hotel pan and place back into CVap unit until you are ready to serve.



5. Place rice noodles in large bowl filled with room temperature water and allow to soak for 1 hour. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and after the noodles have soaked, place them in the boiling water for one minute.



6. Divide noodles among 10 serving bowls; top with sirloin, cilantro, and scallions. Pour hot broth over the top. Stir and let sit until the beef is partially cooked and no longer pink, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve with bean sprouts, Thai basil, lime wedges, BBF soy sauce, and Ed Lee Chile-Garlic sauce on the side.