Vietnamese Rice Noodle Dish
One possible word origin is the Vietnamese pronunciation for the French dish pot-au-feu. Pho is considered the national dish of Vietnam.
Pho has its origins in a dish called Xáo Trâu, a simple soup with slices of water buffalo meat cooked in broth and rice ribbon noodles. Xáo Trâu was a popular dish at rural markets in Hanoi.
When the French colonized Vietnam in the 1880s, they brought with them a stew of vegetables and beef called pot-au-feu. In the 1860s, Chinese traders imported more than 500 cows a month from Cambodia to sell to French army commissars. At the beginning of the twentieth century, cattle were considered work animals in Vietnam and were only consumed by the French. The leftover bones and meat waste from the French colonists were utilized and sold by a handful of butchers in Hanoi.
As the locals had not yet developed a taste for beef, street vendors who were already selling noodle soup sensed a market niche. Because beef was cheap, the street vendors at the harbor used it to cook xáo bò (ribbon noodles with beef). (from Wikipedia)
Ingredients
8 boneless Chicken Thighs with skin
600 g dried Rice Noodles
Salad leaves
Thai Basil
Fresh Mint
Bean Sprouts
Peanuts
4 Spring onions
3 tbsp Soy Sauce (gluten-free)
1 tbsp Fish Sauce
1 Lime, the juice
½ tsp Sugar
3 tbsp Oil
Pepper
2 Garlic cloves, chopped
Chili
4 Garlic cloves, chopped
1 red Chili chopped
2 tbsp Fish Sauce
1 Lime, the Juice
Pepper
½ tsp Sugar
6 tbsp Water
1 Carrot Julienne cut