Instant Pot Pho
- Total time
- 95 min
Ingredients
- 3 pounds beef knuckle, marrow or other soup bones
- 1 pound boneless beef brisket, chuck or cross-rib roast
- Half of a Fuji apple
- 1 large yellow onion
- 2 stalks lemongrass, cut into small pieces
- 2 ounces fresh ginger
- 3 pieces star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 whole cloves
- 2 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 2 Tablespoons fish sauce
- Sugar, to taste
- 6 ounces beef steak, such as top or bottom sirloin, eye of round or London broil
- 12 ounces fresh rice stick noodles
- 1/2 small yellow onion, sliced
- 2 green onions, sliced on a bias
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
- Black pepper
- Thinly sliced jalapeno pepper (can also use Fresno, Thai or serrano chile)
- Large handful of fresh mung bean sprouts
- Mint sprigs or Thai basil
- Lime wedges
Steps
- 1
Cut the apple into chunks. Halve the large onion and cut into chunks. Cut ginger into chunks. Smash each piece of lemongrass with the side of a knife.
- 2
Put the star anise, cinnamon and cloves in an 8-quart pressure cooker. Using the sauté function, toast for several minutes, stirring frequently, until fragrant.
- 3
Add the onion, apple, lemongrass and ginger. Stir and cook for a minute or two. A little browning is okay.
- 4
Add the bones, beef, salt and 8 cups water.
- 5
Lock the lid. Cook on high pressure for 30 minutes. After cooking, let the Instant Pot naturally release, which will take about 20 minutes. When that is done, remove the lid.
- 6
Transfer meat to a bowl, cover with water and soak for 10 minutes. This cools it and keeps it from drying out. Scrape any bits of tendon or meat from the bones and add to the bowl of water.
- 7
Strain the broth through a fine strainer and return to the Instant Pot. Discard the remaining bones and aromatics. (At this point, the broth and beef can be cooled and refrigerated for up to 3 days.)
- 8
S hred the beef and add it back to the broth.
- 9
Add fish sauce and more salt, if needed. Add a few pinches of sugar and more fish sauce so the broth has a rounded, intense finish that is slightly salty and slightly sweet.
- 10
Slice the beef very thinly across the grain and add to the broth with the sliced onion. The broth should be hot enough to cook the beef through as it sits in the broth. If not, turn on the Sauté function for a few minutes until the beef is cooked.
- 11
Add the noodles to the broth. The broth will be hot enough to soften the noodles.
- 12
Arrange the add-ins on a plate.
- 13
Serve bowls of noodles, onion and beef. Top with add-ins such as sliced pepper, cilantro, bean sprouts and scallions.
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