Cheat’s Chicken Pho

    10m prep time
    30m total time
    Easy level
    13 ingredients

Try our super-easy chicken Pho recipe, full of delicious Asian flavours, fresh herbs and plenty of vegetables, it’s the perfect midweek supper.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Warm the sunflower oil in a large saucepan set over a medium heat. Add the sliced red onion and ginger and cook for 5-10 minutes, until softened. Add the Chinese 5 spice and chopped coriander stalks and cook for another minute, until fragrant.

Step 2

Next, pour in the chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Add the sliced chicken breast, baby corn, mange tout and mushrooms. Simmer gently for 5-7 minutes, until the chicken is cooked and the vegetables are tender.

Step 3

Meanwhile, cook the rice noodles according to pack instructions.

Step 4

Drain the noodles and divide between the bowls. To the pho, add the brown sugar, fish sauce and lime juice. Taste to check the seasoning and adjust as necessary - sugar for sweetness, fish sauce for saltiness and lime juice for acidity. Spoon the pho over the noodles and scatter over the chopped coriander leaves.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 1 tbsp Chinese 5 Spice 1 x Sainsbury's Chinese 5 Spice
  • 1.4l Chicken Stock 1 x Sainsbury's Stock Cubes, Chicken 10x10g
  • 200g Babycorn & Mange Tout, babycorn cut into 3cm pieces 1 x Sainsbury's Baby Corn & Mange Tout 200g
  • 200g Baby Button Mushrooms 1 x Sainsbury's Baby Button Mushrooms 200g
  • 2 Red Onion, finely sliced 2 x Sainsbury's Red Onions Loose
  • 1 tbsp Sunflower Oil 1 x JS Sunflower Oil 1L
  • 4 tsp Fish Sauce 1 x Blue Dragon Fish Sauce 150ml
  • 225g Rice Noodles 1 x Mama Instant Rice Noodles 225g
  • 640g Chicken Breast, cut into ½ cm slices 1 x Sainsbury's 640g British Fresh Skinless & Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets
  • 3 tbsp Brown Sugar 1 x Sainsbury's Fairtrade Light Soft Brown Sugar 500g
  • 2 Lime, juiced 2 x Sainsbury's Limes x1
  • 6cm Ginger, finely sliced or cut into matchsticks 1 x Sainsbury's Ginger 100g
  • 30g Coriander, stalks and leaves separated and chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Bunch Coriander 30g
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