Phở Bò
Hanoi-Style Beef Noodle Soup
Cooking Method
Bún & Phở
How to Build a Vietnamese Noodle Soup
The framework behind every bowl
Placeholder — content coming soon. Almost every Vietnamese noodle soup follows the same architecture: a clear, deeply-simmered broth, the right noodle, a protein, and a plate of herbs to finish at the table. Learn the framework once and phở, bún bò Huế, bún riêu and bún sứa all become variations.
Step by step
The broth is everything
Placeholder step — simmer bones low and skim often for a clear, clean broth.
Match the noodle
Placeholder step — flat bánh phở for phở, round bún for the rest.
Finish at the table
Placeholder step — herbs, lime and chili go in last, by each person.
Cook it 
Recipes using this method
4 dishes built on the same technique.
Bún Bò Huế
Spicy Hue Beef Noodle Soup
Bún Riêu
Crab & Tomato Noodle Soup
Bún Sứa Nha Trang
Nha Trang Jellyfish Noodle Soup
What you'll need
Fish Sauce, explained If you buy one Vietnamese ingredient, buy this. Everything else is downstream of a good bottle of nước mắm. Vietnamese Rice Noodles, Explained, explained Placeholder — content coming soon. Bún, bánh phở, hủ tiếu and more: which Vietnamese rice noodle is which, and when to use each. The Vietnamese Herb Plate, explained Placeholder — content coming soon. The herbs that make Vietnamese food taste Vietnamese — what they are, and which dish wants which.