Campers’ Faux Pho



Here’s a fast and easy tribute to a classic Vietnamese favourite

 

Finely-sliced beef cooks in moments in this tasty campsite-friendly faux Pho that uses very few cooking resources, with half an hour on the stove and a full kettle to pour over the noodles. Commercially-available beef bone broth slashes hours from the cooking time.

While pre-preparing the spice bag saves space in your camp kitchen

 

Faux Pho base

1L bone broth

Cup of water

4 tbsp fish sauce

2 tbsp hoisin sauce

Juice from half a lime

500g beef, very finely sliced against the grain, to add at the end

 

Spice bag spice

● 4 star anise
● 2 sticks cinnamon
● 2 sticks of ginger
● 8 whole cloves
● 2 garlic clove, slice at camp

 

Noodles

Boiled water

200g flat Rice Noodles

 

Personal flair

Coriander, to taste

Mint, to taste

Sriracha to taste

Bean shoots and/or spring onions

1. On the stove add bone broth, add half a cup of water, fish sauce, hoisin sauce and the pre-packed spice bag to the pot. Try let it simmer for 20 minutes, adding extra water if has to boil
2. Add 200g flat rice noodles to a heat-proof bowl, add boiled water, cover, top up if required and let it sit for 20 minutes then drain
3. Remove hot spiced broth from heat. Add sliced beef and and mix till beef is cooked
4. In four bowls, divide noodles, spoon soup over the top

5. Add personal flair to taste