Saturday, January 10, 2015

Banh Canh Gio Heo Recipe (Vietnamese Udon Noodle Soup)

Banh canh actually indicates "soup cake", which describes the noodle type that is utilized for this meal. Banh canh noodle is a thick kind of Vietnamese noodles that can be made either from tapioca flour or a mix of tapioca, rice and wheat flour. Banh canh is among the Southern Vietnamese noodle soups.
It's fairly simple to prepare and still taste as tasty as other noodle soups such as Hu tieu or Mi soups (rice or egg noodle soups).
The very first one is more a clear variation compared with the latter one, which has a rather nontransparent white color. For those who cannot picture how the noodles might taste or look like, could wish to consider Japanese Udon noodles. I believe these are the noodles that would come closest to the Vietnamese Banh canh noodles. It can be worked as a hearty breakfast, basic lunch or a fast supper dish.
The banh canh noodles, contrarily to the rice noodles, are much shorter and much thicker stress which are made from tapioca and rice flours. The broth is prepared with pork bones and pork hocks.

Ingredients:
* 1 huge white onion.
* 1.5 lbs of pork hocks (utilize the pre-sliced ones).
* 2-3 lbs for pork neck bones
* Banh Canh noodles (Tapioca noodles, you can discover these fresh pre-made noodles at lots of Vietnamese extremely market).
* 1. 5 lbs of pork belly or pork shoulder.
* Salt, rock sugar (about 2 little swellings), fish sauce, mushroom flavoring (bot nem).
* Vietnamese pork ham (Gio lua, optional).
* Bean sprouts, green onion, cilantro, chili pepper, lime wedges.
* Fried shallots (hanh phi).

Directions:
* In a medium stock pot, bring half a pot of water with the bones, pork hocks and the pork belly or pork shoulder meat to boil for about 10 minutes.Drain and dispose of the filthy water. Clean the bones and meat under cold running water and reserved.
* In another big stock pot, produce 3/4 pot of water (enough for about 10 bowls) to boil then include the bones, the pork hocks and meat back into the water. Include 1 entire white onion into the broth.
* Let the broth simmer till the pork hocks and the meat hurt (however not falling off the bones for the pork hocks). It takes about 1.5 hours. Period the broth with rock sugar, salt, fish sauce and mushroom flavoring to taste.
* In the meanwhile, make some fried shallots (hanh phi) by cutting the shallots right into slim pieces. Include a couple of tbsp of cooking oil right into a tiny sauce frying pan and also include sliced up shallots. Mix periodically till the shallots transform caramelized and also crunchy. If you hang wait until it transforms to tint you really want then the item will certainly look burned), get rid of from the warm oil merely straight just before it entirely transformed gold brownish.
* Remove the pork meat as well as the pork hocks from the brew and also alloted.
* Add 1/3 of the deep-fried shallots as well as a couple tsp of the shallot -instilled oil right into the brew.
* When the pork meat is cooled down sufficient to touch, cut them right into slim pieces.
* To prepare the noodle soup, include banh canh noodle, a couple of pieces of pork meat, pork ham and 1 pork hock to a bowl. Ladle the hot broth ahead and garnish with sliced green onion, cilantro, fried shallots and a couple of pieces of red chili pepper (if you can take the heat). Prior to being served, include a spritz of lime juice and a dashboard of fresh ground black pepper. Enjoy it with bean sprouts.