Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, veggie or chicken pho. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Veggie or Chicken Pho is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Veggie or Chicken Pho is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin 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:
- Get 10 shiitake mushrooms
- Make ready 4 large white onions, peeled and diced
- Make ready 3 inches ginger, peeled and sliced
- Make ready 10 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- Take 1 tsp olive oil
- Take 4 baby bok choy, halved
- Take 6 pods cardamom
- Get 6 whole star anise
- Prepare 2 tsp coriander seed
- Make ready 6 whole cloves
- Get 1 tsp fennel seed
- Prepare 2 cinnamon sticks
- Make ready 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- Prepare 1 whole roasted chicken (recipe coming soon), shredded, using the bones for the stock. - OPTIONAL
- Prepare 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
- Take 4 carrots, peeled, then using the peeler continue to peel, making thin noodles
- Take 6 green onions, sliced lengthwise and very thin
- Take 1 package flat rice noodles, boiled
- Take 1/4 cups water
- Prepare 1 large stock pot
- Take To serve:
- Prepare Fresh basil, left whole
- Make ready Fresh cilantro, left whole
- Get Bean sprouts, washed
- Take Lime, cut into wedges
- Prepare Hoisin
- Prepare Sriracha
Instructions to make Veggie or Chicken Pho:
- 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.
- 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.
- Strain the broth and add the roasted chicken pieces or tofu triangles to heat them through.
- 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.
- Ladle the stock and chicken/tofu over each bowl until it comes up about 3/4 to the edge.
- 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.
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