Vietnamese Bún Bò Huế (Spicy Beef Noodle Soup from Huế)

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A spicy, deeply fragrant beef and pork broth soup from the central Vietnamese city of Huế — served over thick round rice noodles (bún) with beef shank, pork knuckle, Vietnamese ham (chả lụa), and a garnish of shrimp paste oil, fresh herbs, banana blossom, and lime. Bún bò Huế has a completely different character from phở — its broth is opaque (from the pork knuckle's collagen and fat), deep red-orange (from the shrimp paste oil and lemongrass), sharply spiced with fresh and dried chilli, and seasoned with shrimp paste (mắm ruốc) rather than fish sauce alone. It represents the distinctly spicier, more complex flavour profile of central Vietnamese cooking.

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