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Beef, Dairy-Free, Dinner, Gluten Free, Healthy, Lunch, Noodles, One pot, Rice & Noodles, Soups, Uncategorised · 26 August 2021

Mum’s Vietnamese Beef Stew (Bo Kho)

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This is an easy, flavourful one-pot meal. Vietnamese Beef Stew (Bo Kho) is a hearty staple in home kitchens and a familiar flavour from my childhood. You can serve this with or without noodles, with a toasted french baguette on the side for dipping.

A lot of the recipes I’ve found online use tomato paste for colour, but Mum has always used Thai Red Curry paste instead (saves us a trip to the supermarket – you can bet on there being a jar of Thai red curry paste in the pantry, but not always tomato paste). I like also like to add fresh tomatoes for an extra touch of savouriness!

Red beef stew in white bowl

Vietnamese Beef Stew (Bo Kho)

This is an easy, flavourful one-pot meal full of flavour. Vietnamese Beef Stew (Bo Kho) is a hearty staple in home kitchens and a familiar flavour from my childhood. You can serve this with or without noodles, with a toasted french baguette on the side for dipping.
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Cook Time 2 hrs
Course Dinner, Lunch, Supper, Vietnamese
Cuisine Vietnamese
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 400-500 grams Beef brisket cut into small chunks
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 1.5 tablespoons Ginger
  • 2.5 tablespoons Fish sauce
  • 1.25 teaspoons Five spice powder
  • 0.75 teaspoons Brown sugar

For the rest of the stew

  • 1.5 tablespoons Oil
  • 2 stalks Lemongrass
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 tablespoons Tomato paste/Thai red curry paste
  • 4 cups of Water
  • 1 cups Coconut water or juice
  • 1 Star anise
  • 0.5 teaspoon Ground black pepper
  • A pinch Chilli powder
  • 0.5 tablespoon Paprika
  • 4 large Carrots
  • 1 tablespoons Soy sauce
  • 1.5 tablespoons Chilli oil
  • Rice stick noodles
  • 0.13 cup Coriander
  • 1 Tomato
  • Handful Thai basil / Vietnamese mint to garnish
  • Lime wedges
  • Baguette optional – to dip into the stew

Instructions
 

  • First marinate the beef. Combine the beef with the garlic, ginger, fish sauce, five-spice powder, and brown sugar until each piece is evenly coated. Marinate for 30 minutes.
  • Next, heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a large stock pot or Dutch oven over high heat. Add the stalks of lemongrass and allow them to infuse the oil for 1 minute. Next, add the minced lemongrass and garlic. Cook for 2 minutes.
  • Add the onions and cook until translucent. Then add all of the beef to the pot, and brown evenly on all sides. Add the tomato paste.
  • Stir and cook uncovered for 5 minutes. Add the water, coconut water, star anise, ground black pepper, chili powder and paprika. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to medium low, and simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
  • After an hour has passed, add the carrots, soy sauce and tomato. Simmer for another 40 minutes.
  • To serve, remove the large lemongrass stalks and any star anise pods you can fish out. Cook your noodles per package instructions, transfer to bowls, and ladle the soup over the top.
  • Garnish with cilantro, Thai basil, and raw onion, and serve with some lime wedges on the side.

Notes

This is an easy, flavourful one-pot meal full of flavour. Vietnamese Beef Stew (Bo Kho) is a hearty staple in home kitchens and a familiar flavour from my childhood. You can serve this with or without noodles, with a toasted french baguette on the side for dipping.
Keyword Beef, Noodle Soup, Noodles, Stew, Vietnamese

Posted In: Beef, Dairy-Free, Dinner, Gluten Free, Healthy, Lunch, Noodles, One pot, Rice & Noodles, Soups, Uncategorised

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