Phở (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup)

Ingredients

• 35 1/2 cups water / 35.5 US cup
• 2 1/4 pounds brisket or to preference
• 2 1/4 pounds oxtail ask the butcher to cut it into segments
• 11 pounds beef bones
• 5 brown onions
• 1 red onion
• 15/16 cup ginger
• 6 scallions /spring onions, tied into a knot
• 5 cups dried shrimp we get it from the Asian supermarket
• 2 tablespoons coriander seed
• 3 star anise
• 2 cinnamon bark Chinese
• 1 cardamom
• 1/2 tablespoon clove
• 1/2 fish sauce US cup, or to taste
• 2 1/4 tablespoons sugar or to taste
• 2 tablespoons salt or to taste; plus more to clean the offal
• 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder or to taste
• 1 1/3 pounds bible tripe or to preference
• 1 1/3 pounds beef tendon or to preference
• 2 1/4 pounds fillet steak or to preference
• 1 1/3 pounds beef balls, we get them from the Asian grocery store
• 4 3/8 pounds rice noodles roughly 2 bags
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• onion unchecked▢, thinly sliced
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• scallion unchecked▢, /spring onion
• scallion unchecked▢, /spring onion whites, the whiter part of the scallion/spring onion
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