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Nyama Choma Pho

Name: Nyama Choma Pho
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: 200g Beef; 150g Rice Noodles; 1 piece Ginger; 1 tbsp Beef Bone Broth Base; 1/2 Onion; As needed Cilantro; 1 Lime; 1 tbsp Fish Sauce

Soup

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Kenya's charcoal-grilled meat, piled atop a bowl of fragrant Vietnamese rice noodle soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The smoky char of Kenya's grilled meat, nyama choma, meets the gently aromatic broth of Vietnam's pho. The fat and smoke from freshly grilled meat melt into a clear broth scented with ginger and star anise — a pairing that crosses continents.

🌆 Where it's eaten: An experiment where Africa's charcoal-grill street culture meets Vietnam's morning noodle culture in a single bowl.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Beef 200g
Rice Noodles 150g
Ginger 1 piece
Beef Bone Broth Base 1 tbsp
Onion 1/2
Cilantro As needed
Lime 1
Fish Sauce 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Salt the beef and let it come to room temperature.
Grill the surface over high heat (ideally charcoal) until browned, then slice thinly.
Thinly slice the ginger and simmer with the beef bone broth base and fish sauce to make the broth.
Cook the rice noodles according to package instructions.
Place the noodles in a bowl and ladle over the hot broth.
Top with the grilled beef, thinly sliced onion, and cilantro; serve with lime.

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