Pho Beef Noodle Soup!

Pho, pronounced “fa”, is a Vietnamese beef noodle soup. So far I have had about a 95% success rate with changing peoples lives when introducing them to it. I had one coworker who wanted to get it for lunch almost everyday for several weeks after I first convinced him to try it! 

It makes a great pre or post workout meal, as well as a good carb-up meal at the end of a week of low carb or ketogenic dieting. This is a very high (simple) carb meal, but it is very low in fat and customizable. Usually I can get the restaurant to give extra meat for another dollar.


Pho Beef Noodle Soup (with extra meat)
Cals
C: 288 P:184 F:48, Total -520

Grams
C:72 P:46 F:6

Ratio C/P/F

55/35/10

At its simplest this is a lean beef soup, and you can always ask to have the waiter bring the beef slices on the side for inspection before you add them to the soup. The quality is quite high, and you will see the beef is very lean. Most pho restaurants have the same menu, so you can expect to see the soup served with several different styles of beef including fattier cuts or meatballs. 

For the adventurous, try the beef tendon. It looks like a big lump of fat, but is actually protein! It has a very subtle flavor almost like marrow. It is scary to look at though but this is a time to be adventurous if there ever is one.


Find it all over Chinatown, or anywhere you see a restaurant name that starts "Pho ______" is pretty typical.

Whats your favorite pho?


Mine is N24. Eye round steak with tendon.


Try www.Yelp.com to help you find a local pho spot in the USA or UK.