Chicken Pho

So, since my kiddos have been sick, I decided that a nice big pot of Chicken Pho would do the trick. They love soup and rice (I make fresh chicken broth weekly for that very purpose) and they LOVE pho. My profile pic is just proof of my daughter's enthusiasm for the soup. It's super easy and takes a lot less time than beef pho. Here it is:

Need:

Whole Chicken

Water to cover
Big root of ginger
Whole yellow onion, chopped in half and charred on grill or in oven
5-10 Star Anise
5 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
Fish Sauce
Sugar



charred onion and fresh ginger root

cloves, star anise, and cinnamon stick



Put whole chicken in big pot, fill with water to cover and add ginger, onion, star anise, cloves, cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil, skim off foam, then lower to simmer for about 2 hours.

Remove chicken and cool. Then pick meat off for your soup. Discard the rest. Strain the ginger, onions, cloves and star anise out of broth. Add as much fish sauce as you want (I do about 3/4 of a ladle-full for a BIG pot) for saltiness (remember there's no salt in there at all right now)

Add a little sugar to balance the saltiness.

 

lime

sliced white onion, green onion, sliced jalapeno pepper, chopped cilantro

Have your noodles prepped, pull chicken meat apart and put in bowl, add chopped cilantro, chopped green onion, sliced white onion to bowl and some fresh black pepper. Pour broth over that and season as you like.

In case you need ideas, these are my fave brands of hoisin sauce, hot sauce, and fish sauce.

See? Easy.