• 2 ½ pounds beef bones or oxtails
• ½ white onion
• 3 inch piece fresh ginger peeled
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 5 whole star anise
• 5 whole cloves
• 1 whole cardamom pod
• 9 cups of water
• 1 ½ tablespoons beef base such as Better Than Bullion (I didn't use)
• 1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Kosher salt
• 1 pound dried rice noodles
• ½ pound raw eye of round steak sliced paper-thin
• ½ red onion very thinly sliced

For serving:

• 2 limes cut into wedges
• 1 bunch cilantro cleaned
• 1 bunch Thai or Italian basil
• 1 bunch mint
• 2 jalapeños 6 Thai Bird chiles thinly sliced
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• Sriracha
• Hoisin sauce