Pho - Vietnamese Style Chicken Noodle Soup
pronounced like fuck without the “ck”
4 x 1 ½ cup portions
Ingredients
•150 g cooked shredded chicken
•6-8 slices fresh ginger
•2 litres chicken broth
•4-6 whole star anise
•4-6 garlic cloves (crushed & left whole)
•1/2 pkg. rice sticks (banh pho)
•4-5 cilantro leaves, washed & chopped
•15 ml fish sauce or to taste
•12 Thai basil leaves
•8 mint leaves
•1 lime, quartered
•1 stalk scallion/green onion, washed & finely chopped
•Sambal Olek aka Chili Garlic Paste (to taste / hot spicy optional)
Instructions
1.In a med. stockpot, combine chicken stock, ginger, star anise and garlic. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce to simmer for 20-30 minutes.
2.Add fish sauce slowly tasting for balance, leave on simmer longer if required for deeper flavour.
3.Strain stock to removed ginger, star anise and garlic.
4.Add chicken, bring back to a rolling boil, and add noodles. Cook until el Dante (4 ish minutes).
5.Serve by dividing noodles into bowls, and add pinch of cilantro, four Thai basil leaves and three mint leaves to each bowl. Ladle or pour broth over noodles and herbs.
6.Garnish with scallions & lime wedge. Sambal Olek on the side.
Enjoy with a sparkling white, or a Riesling / Gewurztraminer.
You can use veg stock and no chicken if your potential bang is a vegan. In which case, feed, bang and next.
pronounced like fuck without the “ck”
4 x 1 ½ cup portions
Ingredients
•150 g cooked shredded chicken
•6-8 slices fresh ginger
•2 litres chicken broth
•4-6 whole star anise
•4-6 garlic cloves (crushed & left whole)
•1/2 pkg. rice sticks (banh pho)
•4-5 cilantro leaves, washed & chopped
•15 ml fish sauce or to taste
•12 Thai basil leaves
•8 mint leaves
•1 lime, quartered
•1 stalk scallion/green onion, washed & finely chopped
•Sambal Olek aka Chili Garlic Paste (to taste / hot spicy optional)
Instructions
1.In a med. stockpot, combine chicken stock, ginger, star anise and garlic. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce to simmer for 20-30 minutes.
2.Add fish sauce slowly tasting for balance, leave on simmer longer if required for deeper flavour.
3.Strain stock to removed ginger, star anise and garlic.
4.Add chicken, bring back to a rolling boil, and add noodles. Cook until el Dante (4 ish minutes).
5.Serve by dividing noodles into bowls, and add pinch of cilantro, four Thai basil leaves and three mint leaves to each bowl. Ladle or pour broth over noodles and herbs.
6.Garnish with scallions & lime wedge. Sambal Olek on the side.
Enjoy with a sparkling white, or a Riesling / Gewurztraminer.
You can use veg stock and no chicken if your potential bang is a vegan. In which case, feed, bang and next.
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