Quoc Viet Foods Beef Flavored"PHO" Soup Base, 10 oz. Jar, 1

Best Pho paste ever! So easy to use and will recommend this to all my friends

Very good

This makes amazing broth! It's sold as a soup base with an all in recipe on the container, but I taste tasted my way into making the perfect cup of broth - 2 tsp for a big soup cup (so about 400ml of 70-80C water); about 30 calories, but it hits the trifecta for good broth: fatty, savoury and salty. That little bit of fat just gives it such a full flavour and it's absolutely what's missing in other broths. There's no storage instructions though I've been keeping mine in the fridge since I opened it (because of the fat content, I'd be worried about it going rancid). Happy to say that it's been a good month and it's still as good as when I bought it!

You must char an onion and ginger. Non negotiable. I didn’t have any raw beef to add into the broth so I used leftover frozen soup beef bones. Just 3 palm sized ones, and it gave the broth a beefy enough flavor. I put half of the soup base powder in at the beginning of simmering the meat, and one spice pouch in about 20 mins later. I simmered everything for a total of 1.5 hrs. It still wasn’t strong enough of a spice flavor around the 40 minute mark so I added two star anise, a pinch of fennel, and cloves. I also added a small piece of rock sugar, a tablespoon of Dasida beef powder, and fish sauce to taste at the very end (I like a salty broth in the pot because it guarantees it won’t get watered down by toppings and noodles.) It’s the best quick pho I’ve made. I just made a 15hr pho broth from scratch 4 days ago and this soup base method is so much more convenient for a super close flavor.

Love this Great taste!