Easiest Way to Make Veggie or Chicken Pho in 11 Minutes for Beginners

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, veggie or chicken pho. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Veggie or Chicken Pho is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Veggie or Chicken Pho is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

We're making Beef Pho (Pho Bo), Chicken Pho (Pho Ga), and Vegetarian/Vegan Pho (Pho Chay)! If one compares chicken to veggie chicken, we can see that the same amount of chicken has about twice the calories, four times the fat, infinitely more saturated fat and cholesterol, pretty much the same sodium and protein, only about a third of the iron, and no fiber. This vegetarian pho (Vietnamese noodle soup) is full of flavor, thanks to spices, herbs and sautéed shiitake mushrooms!

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook veggie or chicken pho using 27 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Veggie or Chicken Pho:

1. Prepare 10 shiitake mushrooms
2. Get 4 large white onions, peeled and diced
3. Get 3 inches ginger, peeled and sliced
4. Take 10 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
5. Prepare 1 tsp olive oil
6. Make ready 4 baby bok choy, halved
7. Take 6 pods cardamom
8. Prepare 6 whole star anise
9. Make ready 2 tsp coriander seed
10. Make ready 6 whole cloves
11. Get 1 tsp fennel seed
12. Make ready 2 cinnamon sticks
13. Take 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
14. Take 1 whole roasted chicken (recipe coming soon), shredded, using the bones for the stock. - OPTIONAL
15. Make ready 1 package firm tofu, cut into 1 inch thick triangles, seasoned and roasted in a 400F oven for 15-20 minutes, until lightly golden. - OPTIONAL
16. Get 4 carrots, peeled, then using the peeler continue to peel, making thin noodles
17. Make ready 6 green onions, sliced lengthwise and very thin
18. Make ready 1 package flat rice noodles, boiled
19. Prepare 14 cups water
20. Get 1 large stock pot
21. Take To serve:
22. Get Fresh basil, left whole
23. Make ready Fresh cilantro, left whole
24. Make ready Bean sprouts, washed
25. Make ready Lime, cut into wedges
26. Prepare Hoisin
27. Make ready Sriracha

I added some sliced Napa cabbage to boost veggie content since I didn't have bean sprouts. › Quick Chicken Pho. Chicken Pho - called Pho Ga in Vietnamese - is the chicken version of Beef Pho, Vietnam's most famous food export. The magic of Pho is that while the broth looks completely unassuming, it's actually full of complex-yet-delicate spice infused flavours. That special something-something that makes it. · Quick weeknight chicken pho from expert Andrea Nguyen!

Instructions to make Veggie or Chicken Pho:

1. In a large pan over medium heat with no oil added, char the mushrooms, white onions, ginger, garlic, and chicken bones if you chose the chicken option. Add the olive oil, then lay the bok choy flat side down to get a caramelized, brown edge. About 5-7 minutes.
2. Add the water, scraping the bits off the bottom. Then add back in the mushrooms, onion, and ginger. Then add the star anise, coriander seed, fennel, cardamom, cinnamon sticks and cloves. Bring the pot to a low simmer for 2-3 hours. Lower the heat, stir in the soy sauce and cover for 45 minutes to an hour.
3. Strain the broth and add the roasted chicken pieces or tofu triangles to heat them through.
4. In a large mixing bowl, mix the cooked rice noodles, carrots, and green onions., then portion them into 8 large soup bowls, topping each with a charred bok choy half.
5. Ladle the stock and chicken/tofu over each bowl until it comes up about 3/4 to the edge.
6. In 8 separate small dishes, arrange the cilantro, basil, bean sprouts, and lime wedges for your guests to add if they choose. Leave the hoisin and sriracha either divided in 8 more small dishes or just out in their bottles for your guests to enjoy, depending how fancy you want to get with it.

Shortcut version of traditional Vietnamese noodle soup. If you don't have a Rotisserie Chicken, you can use leftover chicken or bake a whole chicken/chicken. Chicken phở is pretty healthy if you use minimally processed ingredients, lots of healthy aromatics, spices, herbs, and veggies. You can make it This soup tastes fresher since the veggies and herbs aren't stewed, but instead added in right before serving. Phở Gà Recipe (Vietnamese Chicken Phở).

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