3 hanoi soup pho Recipes

beef oxtail, sliced fresh ginger (about 3 oz), coarsely chopped shallots (about 3 medium shallots), water, coarsely chopped daikon radish (about 1 lb), sugar, thai fish sauce (such as three crabs), white peppercorns, star anise, yellow onion, peeled and quartered, cinnamon stick, remaining ingredients, vertically sliced onion, wide rice stick noodles (banh pho), fresh bean sprouts, eye-of-round roast, trimmed and cut into 1/16-inch slices, cilantro leaves, thai basil leaves, red thai chiles, seeded and thinly sliced, lime wedges, hoisin sauce (optional)

onions , halved lengthwise, fresh ginger, left unpeeled, meaty cross-cut beef shanks (sometimes called beef shins; 1 1/2 inches thick), qt cold water, star anise pieces, cinnamon stick, black peppercorns, boneless beef sirloin steak or tenderloin, dried flat thin or medium rice noodles (banh pho or pad thai), asian fish sauce (preferably vietnamese nuoc mam), or to taste, salt , or to taste, accompaniments: fresh bean sprouts ; very thinly sliced onion (rinsed and drained); fresh cilantro, mint, and basil (preferably thai) leaves; thinly sliced scallions; lime wedges; thinly sliced fresh thai or serrano chiles; asian fish sauce (preferably nuoc mam)