Bo Kho: Spicy Vietnamese Beef Stew with Noodles by: Kaitlin 240 Comments Jump to Recipe Posted:10/23/2022Updated:10/23/2022 Bo Kho is a spicy and flavorful Vietnamese beef stew that makes for a pretty epic bowl of noodle soup.Maybe you’ve had your fill of pho or are looking for something a little different.Bho Kho with rice noodles is just the ticket.

Note: This recipe was originally published in October 2017.Since then, many of you have made it and loved it! We’ve updated the post as of October 2022 with clearer photos and metric measurements.The recipe remains the same.

Enjoy! A Tasty, Complex Vietnamese Recipe I’ve had Bo Kho at only a couple of places over the years, and they’ve been pretty wide-ranging in terms of quality.My favorite place to eat it was in the middle of New Jersey, in the cafeteria of a Chinese grocery.You forked over $7.50, and just a few minutes later, you’d be enjoying a big bowl of spicy beef broth with braised carrots, rice noodles, and plenty of crunchy onion and cilantro over the top.

After a tough (read: mind numbing) day at Saturday Chinese school, there was nothing better! It’s one of those dishes that seems simple—spicy beef soup, right?—but that you know must be more complex given how flavorful and delicious it is.And, indeed, Bo Kho is flavored with chili, five-spice, fish sauce, lemongrass, plenty of garlic, and tomato.Its familiar red color comes from the addition of frag

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