Pho
Pho 
listen (info • help) is a traditional Vietnamese rice-noodle soup dish. It is served in a bowl. It has white rice noodles in beef broth with thin cuts of beef, vegetable, and spice such as chili or chili sauce. Sometimes, tendon, tripe, meatballs, chicken leg, chicken breast, or other organs (heart, liver, etc.) are also available. Pho that is cooked with chicken instead of beef is called phở gà.
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Pho is a very popular food in Vietnam. It was brought to many other countries when Vietnamese immigrants and refugees moved to those places.
Making pho
Noodles
A special kind of noodle called bánh phở that is made from rice is used to make pho. It is flat and white.
Broth
The broth is usually made from beef bones. Meat can also be used to make the broth. Also there are many spices (ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, clove) that are boiled too to make the broth.
Vegetables
Onions, basil, chilis, and other vegetables can be added.
Sauces
Sriracha (chili) sauce and hoisin sauce can be added to the pho. Some people also like to squeeze lime juice into their pho.
Pho Media
Nam Định City in 1900
Southern-style phở served with basil and mung bean sprouts
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A phở and bánh cuốn restaurant in Paris
- Gói bánh phở tươi ở siêu thị.jpg
Bags of bánh phở tươi at an Asian American grocery store
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Phở served with beef brisket in Australia
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A typical phở spice packet, sold at many Asian food markets, containing a soaking bag plus various necessary dry spices. The exact amount differs with each bag.
- Phingredients in Ho Chi Min City.jpg
Typical garnishes for phở Sài Gòn, clockwise from top left are: onions, chili peppers, culantro, lime, bean sprouts, and Thai basil.
Chicken phở at a typical street stall in Hanoi. The lack of side garnishes is typical of northern Vietnamese-style cooking.
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A dish of phở xào bò (fried rice noodles with beef), as served in the Cầu Giấy district, Hà Nội.
- Phở khô Hoa Pơ lang tháng 6 năm 2018.jpg
Cuisine of Vietnam
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- Lam, Andrew. "Pho," All Things Considered, National Public Radio, September 2, 1999 Surprising locations to find pho
- Norris, Michele. "From Pho to Fast Food, an Immigrant's Tale," All Things Considered, National Public Radio, February 6, 2007 Biography of Bich Minh Nguyen
- Prakash, Snigdha. "Pho Sells," Morning Edition, National Public Radio, June 3, 2002. Campbell soup markets pho
- Sullivan, Michael. "Vietnamese Pho Chain Takes on U.S. Competition," Morning Edition, National Public Radio, March 20, 2007. Introduction of chain restaurant in the USA