Big Bowl of Beef Pho!

Have had another successful week of trying out new dinners! Its amazing how easy it is to fall into a boring routine and how much better you feel when you are truly excited about and enjoying your meals. I found a recipe for pho among my weight watchers magazines and was instantly excited - unfortunately the recipe I found seemed lacking so I used it as a base and added lots more. The result was delicious and so good on a cold and windy night! Its so quick to put together, the only thing that really takes any time at all is the chopping! 

Serves: 2

Smartpoints per Serving: 8sp

Smartpoints on No Count: 4sp

Porpoints per serving: 7

Ingredients:

175g sirloin steak trimmed of all fat and sliced thinly 

2 cm piece of ginger cut into matchsticks

2 cloves garlic grated

1.5tsp chinese five spive

1 red chilli

1 head pak choi

100g bean sprouts

2 spring onions sliced

850ml hot beef stock (made with 1.5 stock cubes) 

1 tbsp fish sauce

1.5 tbsp soy sauce

0.5 tbsp rice vinegar

1 tsp sesame oil 

150g ready to serve rice noodles 

To serve:

handful of fresh coriander chopped

fresh basil leaves torn

lime wedges

red chilli sliced thinly

Heat the sesame oil in a large deep wok or pan and gently fry the garlic, ginger & chinese five spice. 

Add the beef stock, bring to the boil and then reduce to a simmer. 

Stir in the fish sauce, soy sauce & rice vinegar and stir well. Add the bean sprouts, spring onion, chilli and pak choi and simmer for 2-3 minutes.

Add the beef & noodles and simmer for 1-2 minutes until the beef is cooked to your liking and the noodles are warm. 

Divide into warm bowls and serve with the Coriander, Basil, lime & chilli to add to taste! 

If you want to make this F&H friendly you could sub the noodles for cooked brown spaghetti, but the delicateness of the rice noodles do really lend to the texture & flavour of the dish!