by KetoFocus.com
4.5 Stars (2 Reviews) 2 Comments
Dairy FreeInstant PotSlow CookerSoup
Fragrant, beefy broth makes this keto beef pho magnificent thanks to the flavors of cinnamon, cloves, anise, ginger and beef bones. Preparing the pho broth in an instant pot or pressure cooker allows it to be a unique keto soup that you can enjoy any night of the week.
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Nutrition Facts
6
Servings
269
Calories
15.2g
Fat
25.9g
Protein
2.9g
Net Carb
4.7g
Total Carbs
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Pho Broth Ingredients
- 3 pounds beef bones
- 1/2 onion, quartered
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 4-inch piece of ginger, peeled and sliced into rounds
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4-6 star anise
- 4-6 whole cloves
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
Pho Components Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless strip steak, cut into thin slices or shaved
- 9 oz hearts of palm noodles
- 1 cup broccoli, chopped
- 1/4 onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 4 mushrooms, thinly sliced
Keto Beef Pho Directions
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Add ingredients
1. Add beef bones, onion quartered, fish sauce, ginger, cinnamon stick, anise, cloves, salt and peppercorns to a pressure cooker. Fill with 2 quarts of water.
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Pressure cook
Pressure cook on high for 1 1/2 hours. After the cycle has finished, let pressure release naturally for 15 minutes before turning or pressing the pressure value to release remaining pressure.
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Strain the bones and vegetables
Strain bones and vegetables out of the broth. Keep the broth simmering on high.
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Assemble pho
To assemble the beef pho, pour 1 cup of broth into a bowl. Add noodles, vegetables and steak. Top with more fish sauce or cilantro.
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Stove top instructions
Add all ingredients for the pho broth in a large stock pot. Bring to boil. Then reduce to a simmer. Let simmer for 6-8 hours. Continue with steps 3 and 4.
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Slow cooker instructions
Add all pho broth ingredients to a slow cooker. Cook on low for 8-24 hours.
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Low Carb Beef Pho Recipe
For the best. authentic Vietnamese pho, you have to use beef bones along with other spices to make a fragrant, full flavor keto soup. The pressure cooker is the perfect way to extract flavor from the beef bones quickly. But don’t worry if you don’t own an Instant Pot, I give instructions for stove top and slow cooker pho in the recipe above.
The key to making restaurant worthy keto beef pho is to slowly cook the beef bone broth for hours. This will allow us to get the most flavorful broth when its steeps with cinnamon, cloves, anise, ginger and fish sauce.
Pho is made keto by the hearts of palm noodles that we add at the end. These noodles are very low in carbs and are gluten free as they are made from hearts of palm. Finish is flavorful soup with your favorite vegetables, thinly sliced and some shaved beef.
This keto beef pho recipe is also a keto dinner that you can make ahead.Simply make your beef broth ahead of time and have your vegetables prepped and ready to go for the night you want to have beef pho.
Pho Broth
To make a pho broth that is rich and complex in flavor, you have to use real bones. True Vietnamese pho broth is made from beef bones that are slowly simmered for hours in order to extract all the flavor and nutrients from the bones. You can use any kind of beef bones. From marrow, oxtails, knuckles. Any bone will work.
Besides the beef bones, pho broth also uses flavors from cinnamon, cloves, anise and ginger to give that complex flavor. In a pinch, if you don’t have whole cinnamon sticks, cloves or star of anise pods, you can always just use powdered. Even ginger powder can be replaced for the fresh ginger. I recommend adding a teaspoon of ginger powder in place of sliced ginger.
Fish sauce is a major component to authentic keto pho broth as well. Although stinky, fish sauce is from fermented fish and it adds that umami flavor.
Thinly Sliced Beef
It might seem strange that we are adding raw beef and uncooked vegetables to our pho broth, especially if you have never had pho before. However, the hot broth will cook our meat and vegetables as long as they are thinly sliced.
The best way to get very thin slices of strip steak is to freeze it for 35-35 minutes. This will harden it just enough so you can run a very sharp knife through it or slice it using a meat slicer. You can also request thinly sliced steak from your butcher.
Vegetables in Pho
To make keto pho, you can add your favorite low carb vegetables to your soup. I like to add a mixture of red bell pepper, onions, zucchini, mushrooms and broccoli. Just as long as you cut or slice them thinly with a mandoline.
Is Pho Keto?
Yes, pho is keto! The broth – which makes it pho – is definitely keto approved. Make sure you add low carb vegetables and stick to noodles that are keto friendly like the hearts of palm noodles I use in this recipe. Traditional pho soup used rice noodles. These noodles are too high in carbs.
Nutritional information & Macros
Nutrition Information
Keto Beef Pho
Servings: 6
Amount Per Serving | |
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Calories | 269 |
Fat | 15.2g |
Protein | 25.9g |
Total Carbs | 4.7g |
Net Carbs | 2.9g |
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Traditional Pho is subtly sweet and is cooked with a large chunk of rock candy sugar (substitute granulated erythritol).
Veggies always includes fresh basil (preferably Thai basil) and/or culantro. Super thin onions as you suggested, green onions and cilantro is also sometimes added. Fresh bean sprouts add crunch. Sliced Jalapeno is optional for some heat. Siracha and Hoisin (definitely not keto unless you make a low carb one yourself) sauce to taste.
Fresh lime juice really makes this dish shine!Reply
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This recipe was awesome! My family loves pho and we have had challenges finding this soup since moving to Colorado from Southern California, where excellent pho is everywhere. The broth was wonderfully rich and super easy to make in my Instant Pot. I added Shirataki noodles, cilantro, green onions and a bit of Siracha (no hoisin). Wonderful recipe….can’t wait to try some of your other keto recipes. Thanks so much!
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