Bun Bo Hue
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Soup
Soup is a generally warm food that is made by combining ingredients such as meat and vegetables with stock, juice, water, or another liquid. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ingredients in liquids in a pot until the flavors are extracted, forming a broth.Traditionally,...
rice vermicelli
Rice vermicelli
Rice vermicelli are thin noodles made from rice and are a form of rice noodles. They are sometimes referred to as rice noodles or rice sticks, but they should not be confused with cellophane noodles, which is another type of vermicelli....
dish. The predominant flavor is of lemon grass.
Features
Bún bò Huế originated from HuếHue
Hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...
, the last imperial capital of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. The term Bún bò Huế is used more by people from northern or southern Vietnam. In central Vietnam, it is simply known as bún bò. The broth is prepared by simmering beef bones and beef shank with lemongrass and then seasoned with fermented shrimp sauce and sugar for taste. Very spicy chilli oil is added later during the cooking process.
Bún bò Huế usually includes thin slices of marinated and boiled beef shank
Beef shank
The beef shank is the shank portion of a steer or heifer. In Britain the corresponding cuts of beef are the shin , and the leg ....
, chunks of oxtail
Oxtail
Oxtail is the culinary name for the tail of cattle. Formerly, it referred only to the tail of an ox or steer, a castrated male. An oxtail typically weighs 2 to 4 lbs. and is skinned and cut into short lengths for sale.Oxtail is a bony, gelatinous meat, and is usually slow-cooked, often stewed or...
, Vietnamese sausage and pig's knuckles or pork
Pork
Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig , which is eaten in many countries. It is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BC....
. It can also include cubes of congealed pig blood, which has a color between dark brown and maroon, and a texture resembling very firm tofu.
Bún bò Huế is commonly served with lime
Lime (fruit)
Lime is a term referring to a number of different citrus fruits, both species and hybrids, which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3–6 cm in diameter, and containing sour and acidic pulp. Limes are a good source of vitamin C. Limes are often used to accent the flavors of foods and...
wedges, cilantro sprigs, diced green onions, raw sliced onions, raw sliced chilli or very spicy chilli sauce, thinly sliced banana blossom and sometimes mung bean sprouts, . Thinly sliced purple cabbage is acceptable substitute when banana blossom is not available. Purple cabbage most resembles banana blossom in texture, though not in taste. Fish sauce and shrimp sauce are always available for customers to add to their soup bowl to modify the broth's taste to their likings
English
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMYnAOLmWSc (YouTube video on how to make bún bò Huế (this is not Bun Bo Hue, it's a Bun Bo Gio Cua))
- http://www.vietnamese-recipes.com/vietnamese-recipes/rice-noodles/hue-styled-spicy-beef-and-pork-noodles.php (Example recipes)
- http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/Video/Tony_Samples_Vietnamese_Beef_Noodle_Soup TV Show - Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations in Viet Nam eating Bún bò Huế in Da Lat