How do i make a Thai soup? d(soy sauce based)

[calvinbiss]

I want to make Pho, but i have no idea how to amke the soy sauce based broth that i love. Anyone got any recipes?

 

[777php]

Pho is Vietnamese....Thai food would be something like Pad Thai or Pad See Yew

 

[KEV1N]

Pho is Vietnamese food

 

[calvinbiss]

ok, i am sorry..

anyway, at the thai place where i like to eat, the have soups that resemble pho. alot of them are made with soy sauce based borths, thats what i am interested in.

 

[alkemyst]

How do I make Vietamese Pho? would probably be a better title for this thread

 

[dethman]

pho is the sh!t. you can just look up recipes online.

i make it at home but it's not the same. also the soup is not soy sauce based...there's no soy sauce in it at all.

 

[calvinbiss]

just learning all kinds of things here

thx

 

[amnesiac]

Thai soup generally doesn't use soy sauce, especially not as a base.
It's a chicken broth base, usually with lemongrass and/or fish sauce.

 

[dethman]

okay here's some ingredients i use to make pho (learned from my gf). recipe takes time but comes out ok.

herbs for soup:
star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves, brown onion, ginger.
beef boullion (for that awesome MSG flavor), salt.

components:
noodle
beef neck bones/shin bones
thinly sliced beef/beef balls

garnishes:
basil, lemon, bean sprouts, cilantro, green onion

sauces:
sriracha, hoisin sauce

Quick & easy
1. boil bones for a couple minutes to get rid of blood.
2. strain, reboil. add whole root of ginger (smashed with end of knife), and onion (peeled, previously toasted in oven).
3. put star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves in 'spice bag' and throw in soup. boil whole concoction for 4-5 hours is good.
4. when done, add boullion and salt to taste.

4. to make individual bowls, boil noodle (about 30 sec) and throw into bowl. add garnishes as desired, and raw sliced beef on top. dump boiling hot soup onto soup and beef and garnish. add other garnish/sauces as desired. enjoy.

now i don't think anyone would bother to try this but it might be an interesting read anyway.

edit: oh yeah i forgot i usually throw a little fish sauce into the soup.