General thoughts on Pho

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  • SisterSueGetsFit
    SisterSueGetsFit Posts: 1,211 Member
    tmbg1 wrote: »
    Just got back from having pho. This power of suggestion was real! No clue how many calories it was but I logged it as 600 to be safe.

    Bahaha! You’re welcome. ;) Stuff is SO addicting.

  • SisterSueGetsFit
    SisterSueGetsFit Posts: 1,211 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    I have never tried to make pho broth myself. I have a Vietnamese girlfriend who first roasts off beef bones for a couple of hour before simmering many hours.

    I tried the other day. It’s hard and expensive. Since it’s just me, it’s WAY cheaper to just buy it. And way better, as expected. The toppings (Basil, cilantro, bean sprouts and sauces) cost me more than an XL at my favorite place.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    unstableunicorn wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Ya, you have control of the sodium because there is essentially none. Where's the fish sauce?

    You do realize you’re antagonizing someone for sharing an easily adjustable recipe, right?

    @SisterSueGetsFit Hope you enjoy! Hubby & I have been very happy with it. :)

    Not sure why you felt antagonized by me pointing out that your recipe is missing an ingredient essential to making pho taste like pho. (More than one, in fact, but I focused on the ingredient with the sodium.)

    This recipe would be easily adjustable for me, because I am familiar with pho and Asian cuisine, but not so much for someone who is not.
  • unstableunicorn
    unstableunicorn Posts: 216 Member
    edited February 2020
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    unstableunicorn wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Ya, you have control of the sodium because there is essentially none. Where's the fish sauce?

    You do realize you’re antagonizing someone for sharing an easily adjustable recipe, right?

    @SisterSueGetsFit Hope you enjoy! Hubby & I have been very happy with it. :)

    Not sure why you felt antagonized by me pointing out that your recipe is missing an ingredient essential to making pho taste like pho. (More than one, in fact, but I focused on the ingredient with the sodium.)

    This recipe would be easily adjustable for me, because I am familiar with pho and Asian cuisine, but not so much for someone who is not.

    Didn’t feel antagonized, just pointed out the fact your attitude over a recipe was unnecessary.
  • dadsafrantic
    dadsafrantic Posts: 186 Member
    SisterSueGetsFit wrote: »
    Love all the responses and love that ya'll love pho! I usually keep my portion size around a "standard" cereal bowl size. The smell is just heavenly and it does fill me up! Lots and lots of bean sprouts.

    make it at home.
  • SisterSueGetsFit
    SisterSueGetsFit Posts: 1,211 Member
    dadsafrantic wrote: »
    SisterSueGetsFit wrote: »
    Love all the responses and love that ya'll love pho! I usually keep my portion size around a "standard" cereal bowl size. The smell is just heavenly and it does fill me up! Lots and lots of bean sprouts.

    make it at home.
    I’ve tried! It’s much cheaper to just buy it. And it tastes better done by the professionals. :)

  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    You can make you own that way you control the sodium and whatever you like in there. You might also like bi bim bap very good and you can use tho se 0 calories noodles
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    You can make you own that way you control the sodium and whatever you like in there. You might also like bi bim bap very good and you can use tho se 0 calories noodles

    Bibimbap is a rice dish.
  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    Fyi thai basil is very very easy to grow if you love pho and are considering your summer garden.
  • SisterSueGetsFit
    SisterSueGetsFit Posts: 1,211 Member
    amtyrell wrote: »
    Fyi thai basil is very very easy to grow if you love pho and are considering your summer garden.

    I just bought my first house a few months ago and it has raised garden beds. There will definitely be some basil in there!

  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    amtyrell wrote: »
    Fyi thai basil is very very easy to grow if you love pho and are considering your summer garden.

    Yes, I grow Thai basil. The variety I grow, if you don't harvest it regularly, it grows beautiful purple flowers. I froze a bunch of leaves last fall before the frost could kill it. Defrosted, it was fine for soup/stews, but not nice for garnish like fresh is.

    What I get at the garden center has smallish leaves like this. Last time I had Pho at a restaurant, the leaves were enormous! (And abundant - I brought home the extras and used them in something else.)

    0829-thai-basil-herb.jpg

    Oh, that's a great idea. I can't believe I haven't thought to do that -- they give you so much, and obviously they can't serve it to anyone else once it's been on your plate. I could bring home the jalapenos, too, since I don't much care for a big slice in my soup, but could chop it up for something I make at home.
  • karahm78
    karahm78 Posts: 505 Member
    I get a huge bowl of pho sac biet and eat allllll the noodles lol
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