Did you know soup can have sexy secrets? Take this Vietnamese Beef Pho with Coffee which is full of aphrodisiac ingredients to get your engine running AND you will not feel so full that you are too tired for a romping!
I bet you are surprised to see a Vietnamese Beef Pho as part of my Getting Sexy in the Kitchen Series. But all the spices and herbs in here are sexually potent stimulants. It is the perfect soup to serve on Saint-Valentine’s day as it is a real “pho play” for the taste buds. Get it! I am so good at sappy sexy jokes!
Whom do YOU Love the Most?
I am very sorry, but there is no way I will be able to top the shocking confession I made last week. But I have some good stuff to share still 😉
I know a lot of people resent Saint-Valentine’s Day. Yes, it was invented as a marketing ploy. If you are in a relationship you better live up to your partner’s expectation or there will be trouble. A couple who can’t stand each other try to ignore it as best they cant. And the singles are sure there is a LOOSER tattoo stamped on their foreheads.
I say phooey! I say the most important person you should love is YOURSELF! If you don’t love yourself, who else will. And if no one is bright enough to figure out that you are AWESOME, then you will still be fine on your own. Whether you are alone or in a relationship, make sure to regularly spoil yourself and be sexy too and for YOU.
Update: just released an awesome video about the Getting Sexy in the Kitchen Series – check it out!
How Can You Learn to Love Yourself?
- Stop reinforcing negative thoughts you make about yourself. Check out cognitive behavior therapy worksheets online.
- Sleep well, eat healthy, exercise and meditate.
- Buy yourself flowers or treats. Splurge!
- Learn to say no.
- Keep a gratitude journal: write 3-5 things before bed that you appreciate.
- Masturbate! Stop blushing and do it. You know how to satisfy yourself better than anyone!
- Tell people in your life “I love you”. I am talking about friends, close co-workers and family. If you don’t say it chances are the others are afraid to say it too.
- And spas are awesome to make you feel good.
I was invited by Espace Nomad to try the 3h30 Wonder Woman package (video review here) and let me tell you I felt freaking fantastic after. Come to think of it I was sorta on a blind girlfriend date as I went with my now new friend Heather, a full-time travel digital nomad (hate her! Nah, love her. She took the pic below).
Photo credit: She Goes Global
Last week we took a look at savory aphrodisiacs with a Shrimp Bedded on Beluga lentils Snuggled by Pomegranate Fennel Salsa dish, and the week before it was sweet aphrodisiac foods with a Feeling Hot Chocolate Smoothie that is just so smooth it will get any partner into bed in a hurry. For the final Part 3, we will look at spices, herbs, and miscellaneous ingredients. Let’s get every part of the menu involved in raising the internal heat!
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Consuming You Turns Me On
Aphrodisiac ingredients in this Vietnamese Beef Pho Play Soup with Coffee recipe:
- Cardamom (in some Chinese five spice) can increase blood flow, particularly for a man’s appendage.
- Cinnamon (in the Chinese five spice) stimulates the senses and the sex drive, especially for women.
- Coffee is a stimulant that cranks up the heart rate and increases blood flow.
- Basil stimulates the sex drive and boosts fertility. The scent of basil alone can be a turn on for some.
- Ginger warms up the body and increases the heart rate.
- Sriracha/chili peppers can raise your heart rate and stimulate endorphins.
Other spices, herbs, and miscellaneous aphrodisiac foods include, but are not limited too, absinthe, bay leaf, garlic, ginseng, hemp, lavender, mint, mustard, olive oil, rosemary, saffron, seaweed, tarragon, truffle, and vanilla.
This may not be the most authentic recipe Vietnamese Beef Pho but it is pretty close. If you are taken aback by the coffee, you will not taste it. The many spices and herbs here make this soup oh so aromatic and flavorful. Plus it is pretty fast to make and the meat cooks right in the bowl once you add the piping hot liquid.
Include this main dish as part of a red recipe menu for Saint-Valentine’s Day for your loved (lusted) one. Read my whole Getting Sexy in the Kitchen Series and find many more aphrodisiac recipes in this great post.
Vietnamese Beef Pho Soup with Coffee
Ingredients
- 3/4 tsp Chinese five spice mix
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup light coffee
- 3 green onions cut in 3
- 1 1- inch chunk of ginger sliced
- 1 tbsps sugar
- 2 tbsps fish sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 8 ounces beef sirloin
- 1/2 lb dried flat rice noodles
- 1 cups bean sprouts
- Fresh cilantro
- 1 green onion sliced
- Fresh basil leaves
- 1 lime cut into wedges
- Sriracha
- Sliced fresh chili peppers
Instructions
- In a large pot, toast the Chinese five spice until just fragrant. Add the next 7 ingredients (up to the salt) and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes, skimming the surface if needed. Strain out the solids and discard. Adjust seasoning, if needed.
- Freeze the beef for about 15 minutes. Take the beef out the freezer and immediately slice the beef across the grain into very thin slices with a very sharp knife, about a 1/4-inch.
- Cook your noodles as per directions on the package.
- Divide the noodles into two large bowls. Top with the beef slices. Then ladle the hot broth into the two bowls. It should be warm enough to just cook the beef in a few minutes.
- Top the pho soup with accompaniments of your choice, such as bean sprouts, cilantro, basil, lime, sriracha and chili pepper slices. Serve immediately.
Chinese five spice has cloves, cinnamon, Szechuan pepper, fennel seed, and star anise in it. At least that’s the typical spices. Sometimes it’ll have ginger or black pepper as well, but I’ve never seen a brand with cardamom before. I’m not trying to nitpick, I’m saying this because I think that if you want cardamom to get in the soup, you should add cardamom, since most five spice brands won’t have any.
Thank you for your comment, John. You are absolutely correct, the most common mix is cloves, cinnamon, Szechuan pepper, fennel seed, and star anise. Variants include ginger, nutmeg, turmeric, cardamom, licorice, or Mandarin orange peel, depending on geographical location. My mix happens to have cardamom…which turns out was a bonus for my aphrodisiac recipe post 🙂 I’ll update my post to ‘some Chinese five spice.
I love this soup, Evelyne! And if there are some bonus benefits, I won’t object 😉
Will you be making it by the bucket load Liz lol !?!?!
Interesting, I never had tried coffee for cooking apart from baked stuff. Looks like a really good dish specially when it turns someone on 🙂
Coffee can be really fun to use in savory dishes for your sweety 😉 Great for meat rubs but this unusual experiment worked super well.
This does sound absolutely delicious, interested to see what the coffee would add! Great tips to read through for a happier you too!
The coffee adds oomph tot he soup but you do not taste it.
Yum! Such a delightful soup recipe, Evelyne. Glad to learn all about the aphrodisiac ingredients. 😉
Extra bonus to eating healthy 😉
Now! This is my kind of food! I could have it everyday! I really like your vlog too. Very informative. Good to know! I think need to try eat lots of shrimps! 😉 Thank you for sharing.
Wow thank you so much Evelyn, that is so nice of you to say 🙂 I love your blog too…Evelyns must be gifted at it ha ha!
Wow coffee is not something I would have thought to put in a soup – bet it is good!
It adds another depth to broth for sure 🙂
Yummy! This looks delicious! I think the coffee would deepen the beef flavor and be delightful! 😉 Love that you gave the nutritional value of the spices, too. 😉
Totally right, the coffee is a great enhancer without tasting actual coffee. yes, that is right, ‘nutritional’ value hi hi.
Omg YUM! This is such comfort food for me. I must make this and enjoy in the winter especially! Thanks for sharing 🙂
It really is perfect on a cold winter day: warming but whisks you away to tropical places.
wow I love the meat and coffee combination. I didn’t know this soup was aphrodisiac! R
It is surprisingly good the combo. Seems like a lot of recipes have unexpected aphrodisiac 🙂
I agree with John. This is a great series and they are such a great fit for you! Keep it up! Would never have thought about putting coffee in soup. I haven’t had much Pho, but I’ve heard people rave about it. This recipe sounds delish!
Ha ha thank you Lara and you are the 3rd one now. I think I will consider this as a monthly thing lol. You have to have Pho more, so good . And the coffee is great int here.
THIS SOUP reminds me of …. Well, you guessed it, when I was in Vietnam… And my siblings and I took a cooking class in this hole in the wall apartment or something…? I don’t event know what it was, LOL! It was SO FRIGGIN HOT… And my dad couldn’t handle the street markets. He turned white in the face and went back to the hotel ASAP. LMFAO! Oh man, I travel for these types of memories. THANK YOU for reminding me 😉 Even though I know that wasn’t your intent!
LOL glad for the memory flashback! My pleasure. but honestly I thought the MASTURBATION would have jumped out at you most HAHAHAHA
I was trying to be conservative and tell you something you don’t already know!? LMFAO!!!!!! 😉
Well, I never thought I would hear the words Gigi and conservative in one sentence 😉 Does…not…Compute
What a unique recipe…with aromatic herbs and light coffee!!! Gotta try it.
It’s very good…and will keep your warm 🙂
Eve I think this is your calling. You definitely need to do more sexy posts because they’re great and nobody else is doing them!
I actually flirted with the same thought today, thank you Lorraine 🙂
You’re on a roll with this series! And no, soup isn’t something I would have thought of as being a natural fit for it — but now that you’ve explained it, it makes perfect sense. This looks wonderful! Thanks.
Ha ha thanks John, it was a fun series to do, and revealing! Hope you give the pho a try. Have a great day!
This sounds like a great recipe, Evelyne. cocoa nibs would definitely complement the coffee flavouring, and if they’re ground up, they will provide flavour without texture. You might like to add cacao/cocoa/dark chocolate to your list of healthy foods that turn people on. 🙂
Oh Doreen I love that idea of adding cocoa nibs! I will try it next time I make this pho. I did cover chocolate in part 1 sweet ingredients but it would work here too!. Thanks 🙂
This looks at sounds delicious, we can’t get cilantro here, but it’s such a wonderful unique flavour, what would you recommend as an alternative/
Where do you kive Amanda the does not have cilantro??? Thai Basil is the closest alternative, flat leaf parsley will give the same look.
I live on a Greek island, we have lots of basil and parsley though it’s not quite the same… I’m going to try and grow some this year! Thanks 🙂
This flat noodle soup looks authentic and delicious!
Thank you Angie 🙂
This is a keeper! Love the addition of the coffee. Bet it makes an awesome broth which, IMO, is the best thing about a Pho. Great Pho!
Yeah the coffee is great in there MJ, I am surprised I did not find any other recipe with it but I loved it. Thank you!
Love this sexy healthy recipe! My husband and I love Asian cuisine and bet he’ll love the benefits of this soup 🙂 Thanks for sharing this recipe, Evelyne and thanks for the tips in loving oneself! Cool wits by the way 🙂
Thank you Nancy. I hope you make a bowl of this soup with your husband soon 😉