Phantastic Phở

Last night I tired making one of my favourite Vietnamese dishes, Phở, which is essentially a spicy beef noodle soup. It's a dish that at its core has a very flavourful broth with many complex flavours, which proved fairly difficult to replicate. It takes a lot of time and love to create this stock, which carries the flavour for the whole dish. Unfortunately for me, I did not have too much time that I could invest in making an awesome soup from scratch, so I ended up following this 5 minute recipe. I also lacked a fair few of the key ingredients. Alas, I did not let this be a stumbling block for me, I improvised! This is how I made my quick and easy Phở.