so i found a bunch of soup recipes to test, and we invited several of our friends over to test them out - how else do you try new recipes?? naturally, our friends were asked to rate the recipes:
it was so much fun!!
so over the next several thursdays, i'll post a soup recipes here on my blog, complete with any applicable notes/critique/praise. be forewarned, at least one of the recipes was a non-repeat! keeping it real. ;-)
for today, i'll give you a very valuable link. i made 4 batches of this pho recipe this past weekend. it's fabulous!! not so fabulous that we won't go out for pho on occasion, but it's certainly our current favorite soup. notes on this recipe:
- best part: you can do it in your crockpot.
- second best part: you can buy a spice pack for pho at an asian market. so for those of us out there who don't have star anise + other obscure spices lying around, this is a sweet cheat! one spice pack costs about $1, and an asian market is one of the best places to pick up beef bones anyway. now that i know we love this recipe, i plan to stock up on all those obscure spices - but this is a great option for a first try.
- tip #1: be careful not to add too much water to your crockpot - i had too much water in my water-bones ratio, and my broth wasn't strong enough. if this happens to you, pick up some pho bullion at an asian market - just add a little bit at a time til it's perfect!
- tip #2: buy steak sub beef instead of trying to do the super-thin slices yourself.
- other thoughts: since we now know we love this recipe, we also bought some sriracha (hot sauce), hoisin sauce (sweet), as well as pho bowls at our asian market. the bowls were less than $7 each, and now we can have proper servings of this yummy broth without using my serving bowls. ;-) also, having the sriracha and hoisin sauce on hand really made it feel closer to restaurant-quality pho.
if you have any questions, or need some encouragement to give this recipe a try, leave me a comment! youuuuu can dooooo it!!! ;-)
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