Vietnamese Beef Stew (Bo' Kho)

From: chrisandnol

On Jun 8, 2009

Made this once for my husband's coworkers and they have been requesting this dish ever since. It is so .....so... flavorful! Thanks so much for posting this. Oh! I double the fish sauce because I love fish sauce. It made it even tastier.

From: HeatherN

On Apr 13, 2009

This was good, just not quite as flavorful as I thought it would be.

From: Sackville

On Mar 30, 2005

A very nice stew. I think this would be a good introduction to Asian food for people who want to try something a little different but aren't sure they'll like it. The flavours are all there but very subtle so it wouldn't be overwhelming for the uninitiated palate. Personally, I would add a bit of hot sauce to it next time as we enjoy spicy things but it is nice without as well. One hint though, make sure you buy good stewing beef with not too much gristle. I got a bad lot of it and it took a lot of trimming and even after cooking some pieces of beef were tough. I'm sure that wasn't the fault of the recipe though but rather the beef. We served with Aromatic Sticky Rice, Aromatic Sticky Rice

From: Chef #329119

On Dec 13, 2007

My husband who's Vietnamese (and whose mom makes fantastic Vietnamese home cooking) raved about this after I made it. I browned the meat and onions, then threw them & all the other stuff into a slow cooker (out of sheer laziness), adding some red potatoes & Vietnamese curry powder since his mom usually adds those. Also since I didn't have tomatoes I just used a dollop of tomato paste. I cooked it about 2 1/2-3 hrs on high since the potatoes didn't soften as fast as I'd thought on the low heat, and then another hour on low. But I'm sure if you just left it all day on low it would be fine.