After the massive success of my braised beef tendons I was left with the wonderful braising liquor that was flavoured with spices such as cinnamon, star anise, cloves, fennel and garlic and thickened with the deeply flavoured tendons. The Vietnamese noodle dish Pho instantly sprang to mind so I threw together this very quick supper the following night. It’s not a totally authentic version but it was absolutely delicious.

Ingredients: (made 2 big bowls)

• 300ml Beef tendon stock (approx)
• 100ml chicken stock (to top up the beef stock but if you have lots of tendon stock left you won’t need it)
• glug of fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon palm sugar
• 3cm piece thinly sliced fresh ginger cut into matchsticks
• leftover beef tendon cut into small pieces
• flat rice noodles
• thinly sliced raw sirloin

To garnish:

• thinly sliced red chilli
• bean sprouts
• mint
• coriander
• thinly sliced red onion
• wedge of lime

Method:

1. Combine the stocks in a saucepan and simmer, add the ginger, fish sauce, palm sugar and continue to simmer for a few minutes.
2. Place noodles in a big bowl and top with sliced sirloin and beef tendon, add a handful of bean sprouts then pour over the stock then sprinkle over your garnishes and dive in.