Hi Philip. Thank you so much for your comment. I was almost 2 years old at the end of the Vietnam war when my family and I escaped the communists attacking from the North and were accepted as refugees into the United States. My dad was left behind and put into prison camp for a while, until 5 years later he was able to escape and join us here. I became a citizen when I was 16 years old, just in time to start voting. Philip, it is because of patriots like you who tried to defend freedom in the world, that I have had this opportunity. I studied hard, earning my bachelor's and then my MBA. I worked hard, saving properly and investing wisely. I am living the American dream - we have a house, smart investments, my wife and I have two lovely children, we eat well and we live, laugh, and love well. Philip, you don't know me, but your effort and sacrifice in Vietnam saved me. Some of the soldiers never made it back home; they gave the ultimate sacrifice. Everyday, I hope that as they are looking down on me from heaven that they know what blessing they have given me for this chance at a better life. Perhaps my video helps you learn a little bit about the culture from my country, but nothing I can do could thank you enough for the freedom you gave me. Thank you Philip and God Bless you.
Wow, another winner Cuong. I really enjoy your videos and my family and I enjoy the recipes. You've taken the Instant Pot (cooking) to a whole new level of simplicity and enjoyment. It would be tough to say which of your we've enjoyed the most because we've enjoyed all of them. We can't wait for your next video, so please keep them keep them coming. We hope you and your wife are feeling feeling better. Take care and stay lubed my friend.
Thanks so much for making these videos! I have really enjoyed learning how to make all the different Vietnamese dishes. I haven't had the opportunity to try one yet, but this Bo Kho seems like it might be something my picky eaters would enjoy.
I love your enthusiasm for cooking and for the Instant Pot! You've inspired me to try making some of my favorite Vietnamese dishes, made less daunting thanks to your descriptive and entertaining videos, and so easy by the Instant Pot. Thank you!
BTW, please use a kitchen towel or a dampened paper towel underneath your cutting board to keep it from sliding (which can be dangerous when cutting). Also, your hashtag for the carrots should have been #sizeisrelative. LOL
Thanks everyone for participating in the spice packet giveaway. I am closing the contest entries now, and the kids will be drawing 10 names tonight. Will let you know tomorrow how to get me your info if you won, and I'll mail them out this week! And don't forget, stay lubed and keep cooking.
+JustMeOutHere thanks for the reminder I keep forgetting! I wrote all the names down on a piece of paper and numbered them, then my boy picked 10 random numbers in the range. But I forget to post it. Let me go grab the list.
"If you can't get this, don't make bo kho." 😂😂😂 This is my favorite so far because it simplifies something I probably wouldn't try without your guidance, and also uses an inexpensive cut so I can feed the teen boy for days without draining the bank!
Thanks for all the great videos. Can you write out this recipe? I want to share the recipe BUT the video is so long so my friends are discouraged from making it. Thanks!
Lucky for me, my sister and I who love Asian foods regardless of the country live very close (almost walking distance if not for the interstate in the way) to a Thai/Vietnamese-run Asian market owned by this really nice old lady in Springfield, MO and have those spice/marrow/cornstarch packs in bulk. :) We happen in fact to live in a town boasting one of the largest Asian communities in the US and one in three of the roughly 400,000 people in the area were born in Asia or have parents who were. Plus there are tons of markets and bakeries as well as legit authentic restaurants only the immigrants eat at while others the Anglos love but foreigners hate. Not to mention a large Buddhist temple, two mosques, a Korean "Moonie" church, a both Chinese Baptist and Chinese Nestorian church, a Hindu temple (Hare Krishna no less), a Sikh gurudwara, and several synagogues for Yemeni and Israeli Jews in addition to those for Americans of those religions plus services at different times in other languages at the Christian churches for those who come from various lands. Plus my family moved there from Dallas, Texas originally where it's the exact same way around the Overland Park and Cleburne areas with lots of people from all over. So Asian food and culture is nothing new to me and a part of my daily life in spite of not being Asian (Norwegian mom and Cherokee father in fact, so "other" type of "Indian", lol) but appreciating it all the same.
Cuong...you are hysterical! Now I really cant wait for your Iron Chef Challenge and commentary on Sunday. Btw the bo kho looks scrumptious. I will have to try this out.
You're very entertaining, Cuong, and belong on TV. I was hoping you'd do the bo kho spice from scratch instead of a ready made packet, but it still looks great! I love eating my bo kho and ca ri ga with baguette, but I know other people also eat it on noodles or rice.
I've wanted to make the Vietnamese beef stew I eat at Little Saigon, a restaurant where I live. I would appreciate a spice packet now that I have your recipe. My favorite video of yours so far is Beef Pho. Thanks.
Great job on the videos. I've made the cheesecake and it turned out great! I am gathering the ingredients for the Pho Ga this weekend. My friend from work brought me some of the rice noodles as I couldn't find them. But all of your videos are educational and entertaining so I like them all. Just keep lubing :-) .I just need to find an asian store so I can find the spice packets you use.
I love all the videos but I think this one is my favorite so far! I don't need a spice packet because I have a great Asian market near me so give it to someone less fortunate. Question do you ever thicken the sauce in the end or is it supposed to be thin ? I have never used lemon grass do you eat it or toss it when the food is done?
Ellen, some prefer it thickened and use a cornstarch slurry. I prefer the purity without, as the tendon also adds a lending hand in the consistency. It also makes sopping up with bread easier.
Love your videos! If I had to choose my favorite so far, it would be this one. Can't wait to try this out and would love to get a spice packet! 😋 Thanks for making 'cooking with the Instant Pot' a fun way to cook!
Cuong! You're my new favorite UA-camr (by way of the IP FB group) because your outward enthusiasm for this pot is exactly the same enthusiasm that I feel on the inside. It manages to get at least one squeal of delight out of me every single day. Your beef pho video is my absolute favorite! I pretty much want pho at least once a week, so I have high hopes that once I make it, it'll become a regular dish at my house. I'm also totally interested in this spice packet for the bo kho - never had it before, but it looks and sounds delicious. Let's get ten-dooonnnnnnnn.
Thanks for the recipe. I'm making this today. Just thinking, I know this video is 1 and half years old so I hope you have a better cooking knife by now. Check out Dalstrong knives. Lots my asian friends recommend to me and I love them. Good price for great quality Japanese steel.
I love your videos, Cuong! I would love to try that spice packet, too! It's a difficult choice but I think your beef pho would have to be my favorite video. I crave pho often, but must have it every time I'm sick.
Hi Cuong, when you added the ketchup you said you don't like it. Do you mean you don't like ketchup itself or you don't like ketchup in the bo kho? Do you recommend using tomato paste instead? Thanks!
Hi Harmony, I don't like ketchup in general. I don't use them on french fries, I don't put it on my hot dog. That's why I don't like it, but I absolutely use it in the bo kho. Tomato paste, even raw tomatoes, will suffice as a substitute, but there is something about the sweet, deeper flavor of the ketchup that makes it both easy to use and perfect for bo kho. Good luck with yours!!
To be honest, and as good as this looks, it isn't really "cooking". You use lots of preproduced ingredients, like spice mixes, ketchup and broth in a can. I agree it's easy that way and quick to do on a busy day - but not yet cuisine.
Rude...He made a short cut way for Americans or others to learn to cook it easily. Still taste very similar to traditional way if blindfolded. Vietnamese food is amazing & full of flavor. Im sure all the food you eat is straight from mother earth.
I wish I had smell-a-vision!! This looks amazing. Can't wait to try this and your other pho recipes. I had to order the pho spice packet on Amazon as I have little access to the ingredients. I'd love this spice packet so I can try this too. Thanks, Cuong!
Your cheesecake video is my favorite so far. Even though things didn't go in order, you weren't at all phased and it turned out wonderfully. Especially for your first time making cheesecake. I would love a spice packet.
❤❤❤❤❤thank you 👍
Your recipe is pretty easy and fast. Thanks for sharing 😋😋
This is great! I never thought about using the bo kho spice packets. I always assemble it myself.
THANK YOU!! Cuong your the man .
I like your explanations
This will be fun to make! Thank you!
I enjoyed watching your Beef Pho Video
I love your attitude
Great info, I love bò kho
❤ this video! I’m going to make this for dinner tonight! Keep your fingers crossed……😊
Haha! I enjoyed watching this video, im about to make my own version now :)
Awesome video...
Love you video!
You rock....Cheers Jeff
Viet Nam Vet. here, never got to eat the local food while there......but now I can w/your recipe videos.....Thx so much.
Hi Philip. Thank you so much for your comment. I was almost 2 years old at the end of the Vietnam war when my family and I escaped the communists attacking from the North and were accepted as refugees into the United States. My dad was left behind and put into prison camp for a while, until 5 years later he was able to escape and join us here. I became a citizen when I was 16 years old, just in time to start voting. Philip, it is because of patriots like you who tried to defend freedom in the world, that I have had this opportunity. I studied hard, earning my bachelor's and then my MBA. I worked hard, saving properly and investing wisely. I am living the American dream - we have a house, smart investments, my wife and I have two lovely children, we eat well and we live, laugh, and love well. Philip, you don't know me, but your effort and sacrifice in Vietnam saved me. Some of the soldiers never made it back home; they gave the ultimate sacrifice. Everyday, I hope that as they are looking down on me from heaven that they know what blessing they have given me for this chance at a better life. Perhaps my video helps you learn a little bit about the culture from my country, but nothing I can do could thank you enough for the freedom you gave me. Thank you Philip and God Bless you.
So funny lol Thank you for the recipe
chu cuong co ve tra vinh nho an thu hu tieu ve dem coi co ngon khong cam on cuong
love
Wow, another winner Cuong. I really enjoy your videos and my family and I enjoy the recipes. You've taken the Instant Pot (cooking) to a whole new level of simplicity and enjoyment. It would be tough to say which of your we've enjoyed the most because we've enjoyed all of them. We can't wait for your next video, so please keep them keep them coming. We hope you and your wife are feeling feeling better. Take care and stay lubed my friend.
Just made Bo Kho with this recipe & tasted so legit🔥🔥✌️
Hi Cuong, I really enjoy your videos. You make cooking fun and easy. Thanks
I wish you made more videos Cuong, this was great!
Thanks so much for making these videos! I have really enjoyed learning how to make all the different Vietnamese dishes. I haven't had the opportunity to try one yet, but this Bo Kho seems like it might be something my picky eaters would enjoy.
OH, I have to add that you really have my curiosity peaked about the "beefy gummy bears"!! lol
love your videos! come back and make some delicious Vietnamese recipes on the craze of air fryers!
that's beef shank?
AsianAngler beef shank-a-lanka!
Enjoying watching u like n subscribe 😮
Love all of your simple recipe. You're whole kitchen is beautiful!
Did you use the whole spice packet? I had to add more water and coconut soda because it was too concentrated.
What can I substitute for the fish sauce? My boyfriend is allergic :'(
I love your enthusiasm for cooking and for the Instant Pot! You've inspired me to try making some of my favorite Vietnamese dishes, made less daunting thanks to your descriptive and entertaining videos, and so easy by the Instant Pot. Thank you!
Is that an 8QT pot?
Omg I enjoyed every bit of this video. Great recipe and humor. Love it!
how do i make it super thick?
What size instant pot do you have?
BTW, please use a kitchen towel or a dampened paper towel underneath your cutting board to keep it from sliding (which can be dangerous when cutting). Also, your hashtag for the carrots should have been #sizeisrelative. LOL
I just bought an instant pot and discovered your Chanel. 👍🏻👍🏻 my favorite is admiring your kitchen. Love ❤️ your countertops ❣️
Heck yah! You and Flo are the best IP'ers on here... glad I found you.. Subscribed!
Thanks everyone for participating in the spice packet giveaway. I am closing the contest entries now, and the kids will be drawing 10 names tonight. Will let you know tomorrow how to get me your info if you won, and I'll mail them out this week! And don't forget, stay lubed and keep cooking.
Yay who, won?
+JustMeOutHere thanks for the reminder I keep forgetting! I wrote all the names down on a piece of paper and numbered them, then my boy picked 10 random numbers in the range. But I forget to post it. Let me go grab the list.
Noi nhieu qua ! Ko biet co biet nau ko ? O my god! anyhow 🤡
The subtitle is annoying. And how can you stand cutting on moving cutting board !! Lol.
Will try your recipe. It look good. Thanks for the clip
"If you can't get this, don't make bo kho." 😂😂😂 This is my favorite so far because it simplifies something I probably wouldn't try without your guidance, and also uses an inexpensive cut so I can feed the teen boy for days without draining the bank!
"Needs just a little more fish sauce." True Vietnamese confirmed.
Miss your cooking vids
Please consider doing a video for bun bo hue. Thks
Recipe looks great! Just a suggestion for you, Cuong...put a towel underneath your cutting board so it doesn't move around.
This looks great! I love your videos. I also love Vietnamese food and spices!
I would love it!! My favorite is the Mac and cheese video!! Less scripted :) Love them all!!Ive never had guts to cook these types of dishes!!!
This is an awesome recipe! I'm going to try it this weekend.
Sparkling apple juice!? It's just not right without the shandy!
I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣
awesome videos Cuong! keep em coming!
keep the amazing recipes coming for the instant pot heads! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I love your videos! My favorite is the pho ga video. Thanks for taking the time to create these very informative videos!
I hope you make more videos! You've been on a hiatus for a whole year! Ur recipes are awesome. thanks for your videos using ur IP.
Thanks for your video!!!
Thanks for all the great videos. Can you write out this recipe? I want to share the recipe BUT the video is so long so my friends are discouraged from making it. Thanks!
vừa ngoan đạo vừa nấu ăn giỏi. ..God bless
My favorite video is the pho one because duh pho. All of the videos are so awesome though!
Ps thank you for making videos.
Pps I'd love a spice packet because my mouth is watering looking at the bo kho and it's on my to cook list.
Love your cooking😏
Chu Cuong, this recipe looks awesome. Going to try it out tonight for dinner! Please make more instant pot recipes, such as thit kho! Great video.
I would use tomato paste instead of ketchup
I would love to see a video of bun bo hue please!!!
you convinced me to buy the instant pot please make more videos
Lucky for me, my sister and I who love Asian foods regardless of the country live very close (almost walking distance if not for the interstate in the way) to a Thai/Vietnamese-run Asian market owned by this really nice old lady in Springfield, MO and have those spice/marrow/cornstarch packs in bulk. :) We happen in fact to live in a town boasting one of the largest Asian communities in the US and one in three of the roughly 400,000 people in the area were born in Asia or have parents who were. Plus there are tons of markets and bakeries as well as legit authentic restaurants only the immigrants eat at while others the Anglos love but foreigners hate. Not to mention a large Buddhist temple, two mosques, a Korean "Moonie" church, a both Chinese Baptist and Chinese Nestorian church, a Hindu temple (Hare Krishna no less), a Sikh gurudwara, and several synagogues for Yemeni and Israeli Jews in addition to those for Americans of those religions plus services at different times in other languages at the Christian churches for those who come from various lands. Plus my family moved there from Dallas, Texas originally where it's the exact same way around the Overland Park and Cleburne areas with lots of people from all over. So Asian food and culture is nothing new to me and a part of my daily life in spite of not being Asian (Norwegian mom and Cherokee father in fact, so "other" type of "Indian", lol) but appreciating it all the same.
Cuong...you are hysterical! Now I really cant wait for your Iron Chef Challenge and commentary on Sunday. Btw the bo kho looks scrumptious. I will have to try this out.
You're very entertaining, Cuong, and belong on TV. I was hoping you'd do the bo kho spice from scratch instead of a ready made packet, but it still looks great! I love eating my bo kho and ca ri ga with baguette, but I know other people also eat it on noodles or rice.
I think that this is my favorite video so far! Would love to try this Bo Kho!
You should definitely use a damp towel under your cutting board so it doesn’t slide. Safety first!
I've Always wanted to try this ! And I Love Tendon ! I want a Spice packet . Beef Pho Video is my favorite
I've wanted to make the Vietnamese beef stew I eat at Little Saigon, a restaurant where I live. I would appreciate a spice packet now that I have your recipe. My favorite video of yours so far is Beef Pho. Thanks.
Yum! I live near there too, and often eat in and around LS. What is your favorite place for bo kho?
Oh never mind, just realized that's probably the name of the restaurant and not that you live here. lol
You're right Cuong, we likely live no where near each other. I like in the US in Kansas.
I just bought an instant pot! So inspired by your pho recipes and this one! Hmmm need to get to my local Asian market and or Whole Foods.
do u have to clean the shank?
I love your videos!
Do i really need ketchup in my bo kho?
most use tomato paste
"That's what she said" 😂😂😂. From Canada love your video. Subscribed
Great job on the videos. I've made the cheesecake and it turned out great! I am gathering the ingredients for the Pho Ga this weekend. My friend from work brought me some of the rice noodles as I couldn't find them. But all of your videos are educational and entertaining so I like them all. Just keep lubing :-) .I just need to find an asian store so I can find the spice packets you use.
Thanks for sharing this stew recipe
I'm going to try this
I love all the videos but I think this one is my favorite so far! I don't need a spice packet because I have a great Asian market near me so give it to someone less fortunate. Question do you ever thicken the sauce in the end or is it supposed to be thin ? I have never used lemon grass do you eat it or toss it when the food is done?
Ellen, some prefer it thickened and use a cornstarch slurry. I prefer the purity without, as the tendon also adds a lending hand in the consistency. It also makes sopping up with bread easier.
And you can leave the lemongrass alone, don't eat it. It's too tough, we use it for the flavor.
Lemongrass in big chunks like that shouldn't be eaten as it's used for the flavor. Ground up lemongrass, you can eat. :)
This is another I wanted to try to make in my electric pressure cooker but haven't gotten around to it. Loving your videos so far! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Cuong! Why did you use chicken broth instead of beef broth?
Personal I found VINH THUAN brand much better sorry Sir
Love your videos! If I had to choose my favorite so far, it would be this one. Can't wait to try this out and would love to get a spice packet! 😋 Thanks for making 'cooking with the Instant Pot' a fun way to cook!
Best in the west cuing with the spicy packet, loving it all the way from Hawaii
So glad I saw this post in the IP Community! Looking forward to trying this recipe! Thanks for sharing your recipe and making a great how-to video!
Cuong! You're my new favorite UA-camr (by way of the IP FB group) because your outward enthusiasm for this pot is exactly the same enthusiasm that I feel on the inside. It manages to get at least one squeal of delight out of me every single day. Your beef pho video is my absolute favorite! I pretty much want pho at least once a week, so I have high hopes that once I make it, it'll become a regular dish at my house. I'm also totally interested in this spice packet for the bo kho - never had it before, but it looks and sounds delicious. Let's get ten-dooonnnnnnnn.
Looks like chilli oil in a perfect stew😁😂
Awesome video! Instead of ketchup, can I use tomato paste?
Thanks for the recipe. I'm making this today. Just thinking, I know this video is 1 and half years old so I hope you have a better cooking knife by now. Check out Dalstrong knives. Lots my asian friends recommend to me and I love them. Good price for great quality Japanese steel.
I love your videos, Cuong! I would love to try that spice packet, too! It's a difficult choice but I think your beef pho would have to be my favorite video. I crave pho often, but must have it every time I'm sick.
Wow, looks so good! My favorite video is the Chicken Pho. I would love a spice packet.
honestly, one of my new favorite channels! can you make bun Bo hue next?! 😁
subscribed. beef shanka-lanka for the win!! would love a spice packet, thank you.
this is my favorite video so far because it makes something that sounds intimidating look very easy.
Hi Cuong, when you added the ketchup you said you don't like it. Do you mean you don't like ketchup itself or you don't like ketchup in the bo kho? Do you recommend using tomato paste instead? Thanks!
Hi Harmony, I don't like ketchup in general. I don't use them on french fries, I don't put it on my hot dog. That's why I don't like it, but I absolutely use it in the bo kho. Tomato paste, even raw tomatoes, will suffice as a substitute, but there is something about the sweet, deeper flavor of the ketchup that makes it both easy to use and perfect for bo kho. Good luck with yours!!
Thank you so much for your reply. I can't wait to make this dish! And hope to see new videos from you very soon.
where can i get the bag of spices. no one near me sales it at all
To be honest, and as good as this looks, it isn't really "cooking". You use lots of preproduced ingredients, like spice mixes, ketchup and broth in a can. I agree it's easy that way and quick to do on a busy day - but not yet cuisine.
Rude...He made a short cut way for Americans or others to learn to cook it easily. Still taste very similar to traditional way if blindfolded. Vietnamese food is amazing & full of flavor. Im sure all the food you eat is straight from mother earth.
Love your lubricant
I wish I had smell-a-vision!! This looks amazing. Can't wait to try this and your other pho recipes. I had to order the pho spice packet on Amazon as I have little access to the ingredients. I'd love this spice packet so I can try this too. Thanks, Cuong!
what song is that in the background?
I would love a spice packet please! Looks delicious!
Your cheesecake video is my favorite so far. Even though things didn't go in order, you weren't at all phased and it turned out wonderfully. Especially for your first time making cheesecake. I would love a spice packet.