World Flavors Cookbook

Phở Cuốn (Hanoi Fresh Pho Rolls)

Hanoi's ingenious take on pho — flat pho sheets wrapped around beef, herbs, and bean sprouts, eaten with a garlic-vinegar dipping sauce.

Cuisine: Vietnam

Ingredients

• 12 fresh pho rice sheet noodles (bánh phở tươi)
• 300g beef sirloin, very thinly sliced
• Bean sprouts
• Mint, basil, perilla leaves
• Garlic, diced
• For dipping sauce: 3 tbsp fish sauce, 2 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 garlic clove, chili

Instructions

1. Quick-sear beef slices in a hot pan with garlic. Cool.
2. Lay a pho sheet flat on a surface.
3. Add herbs, bean sprouts, and beef slices along one edge.
4. Roll tightly like a spring roll.
5. Make dipping sauce.
6. Serve immediately with dipping sauce.