DISH RESEARCH · Noodle dish
Bun Bo Hue
Also known as: Bún bò Huế
Hungry Huy consults his mother for this bún bò Huế, a central Vietnamese noodle soup with beef shank, oxtail, pork hocks, Huế pork sausage and pork blood.
About Bun Bo Hue
Hungry Huy consults his mother for this bún bò Huế, a central Vietnamese noodle soup with beef shank, oxtail, pork hocks, Huế pork sausage and pork blood. Medium or large round rice noodles form the base of each bowl.
Lemongrass, shrimp paste and fish sauce season the broth. Annatto oil made with shallot and garlic adds colour, while the supplied saté combines dried Thai chillies and gochugaru with further aromatics.
Herbs, sprouts, bird’s-eye chillies and lime accompany the sliced meats and noodles. Banana flower is optional, prepared separately in lemon water before joining the fresh accompaniments.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bun Bo Hue
Hungry Huy’s bún bò Huế with beef, pork and homemade saté.
- Beef shankProtein
- OxtailProtein
- Pork hocksProteinIngredient page not linked
- Huế pork sausage (chả Huế)ProteinIngredient page not linked
- Cooked congealed pork bloodProtein
- WaterLiquid
- Chicken brothLiquid
- LemongrassAromatic
- Yellow onionAromatic
- SaltSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- Shrimp pasteSeasoning
- Fish sauceSeasoning
- Monosodium glutamateSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Annatto seedsSeasoning
- Neutral cooking oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- ShallotAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- MintAccompaniment
- BasilAccompaniment
- Bean sproutsAccompaniment
- Bird’s-eye chilliesAccompaniment
- LimeAccompaniment
- Banana flowerAccompaniment · Optional
- Lemon juiceCooking medium · Optional
- Round rice noodlesBase
- Dried Thai chilliesSeasoning
- GochugaruSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef shank: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Oxtail: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pork hocks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual90 hocks, cure/form/candidate unverified; not forced ham hock.
- Huế pork sausage (chả Huế): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual91 garlic/whole-peppercorn named sausage, full composition unprovided.
- Cooked congealed pork blood: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual cooked product option145 selected, full product formula unprovided.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Meat cleaning/broth/replenish/noodles, banana-flower and chile-soaking allocations consolidated.
- Chicken broth: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full broth recipe unprovided.
- Lemongrass: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broth96 and saté125 allocations consolidated.
- Yellow onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broth/blood/saté allocations consolidated.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broth and saté allocations consolidated.
- Shrimp paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual Lee Kum Kee shrimp paste100, Crustaceans positive, full product unprovided.
- Fish sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Broth101/saté127 consolidated, Fish positive, full formula unknown.
- Monosodium glutamate: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual MSG102/130, exact candidate unresolved; actual oxtail branch selected.
- Annatto seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader annatto candidate, actual seeds104 sautéed then removed141.
- Neutral cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Aromatics105/saté122 and additional saté152 allocations consolidated; botanical identity unspecified.
- Shallot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Aromatics106 and actual saté shallot option123 consolidated.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Mint: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Basil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual110 generic basil, variety unprovided.
- Bean sprouts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual111 seed species unprovided.
- Bird’s-eye chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual112 selected over jalapeno.
- Lime: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Banana flower (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual115 but explicitly not required63, optional retained.
- Lemon juice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Conditional actual banana-flower lemon-water preparation117/147, exact variety unprovided.
- Round rice noodles: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual medium/large round rice noodle53/119; broader rice-noodle candidate.
- Dried Thai chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual121 saté, broader dried-chilli candidate; actual variety unspecified.
- Gochugaru: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual126 Korean chilli powder in same full saté formula, no external recipe union.
Origins & food traditions
Vietnam association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Cuisines & regions
- Huế
- Central Vietnamese
- Hue cuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Vietnamese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.