Bun Bo Hue

1 package dried rice noodle medium or large thickness

1 pound Huế style pork sausage chả Huế, which has garlic and whole peppercorns

1 pound block of pork blood

10-12 stalks lemongrass. Remove the leafy tops roots smashed (~1lb)

2 12- ounce cans chicken broth

2 cups water

2 large onions halved, to be removed from the broth after fully cooked.

2 pounds beef shank

2 pounds oxtail

2 pounds pork hocks

2 tablespoons garlic

2 tablespoons shallot takes longer to brown, optional

2 tablespoons shrimp paste Lee Kum Kee brand

2 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons MSG if not using oxtail, add 4 teaspoons

3 tablespoons anatto seeds

3 tablespoons oil

3 tablespoons salt

3-4 tablespoons fish sauce

8 qt pot. add meat water to fill qt pot to the rim

banana flower

basil

bean sprouts

birds eye chile or jalapeno

juice of 1 lemon optional

lime

mint