I just picked up most of my groceries at Trader Joe’s and I am of course living on the college diet of really cheap food. You can get a great, as well as healthy, bang for your buck at Trader Joe’s.
Anywho, I concocted this sort of Phó with just a few ingredients and it was awesome! With all these ingredients, you can make at least 4 batches of this meal before you run out of ingredients.
2 packs of Ramen noodles
1 packet of Ramen beef stock powder
4-6 Green Onions, diced
1/8 cup Trader Joe’s Sun Dried Tomatoes
1/4 cup Baby Portabella Mushrooms, diced
Pour enough water in a pot to submerge 2 cubes of Ramen and bring it to a boil. Add Ramen noodles, followed by Ramen beef stock powder. As noodles start to become soft, add Green Onions, Sun Dried Tomatoes, and Baby Portabella Mushrooms. Cook for just a couple minutes, drain about half of the broth, and enjoy.
This serves as a decent meal just for myself, but I would say it could serve 1-2 people. I plan on adding thinly sliced lean beef in the future. I may also get fancy and do a seafood Phó with crab one day, as well. Either way, this is an extremely satisfying, QUICK, inexpensive, and wonderful bulk meal. Great for the College lifestyle!
7/10/11: I added thinly sliced Filet Mignon (from Kroger while it was on sale) to the mixture while the noodles boiled and it was incredible! It’s much more satisfying with the beef, in my own opinion, seeing as I haven’t really traversed the vegetarian lifestyle.