Quick Chicken Pho

by Uyen Luu

In Vietnamese supermarkets or online, you can buy stock cubes for making specific Vietnamese noodle soups, like the famous chicken or beef pho, the southern hu tiê ́u nam vang, street-food favourite wonton noodle soup and midnight hawker’s miê ́n gà. Add to boiling water with a few additions like charred onion, ginger and star anise and you will have a quick and easy time creating some really delicious soups.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Heat a frying pan on high. Once hot, half the onion and ginger and lay it into the dry, hot pan. Cook until charred. This will take around 8 minutes.

Step 2

Pour 1.2 litres of water, if cooking for 4 (or use fresh, unseasoned chicken stock) into a saucepan and bring to the boil, then add the charred onion and ginger, stock cubes, sugar and star anise. Simmer for 10 minutes, then add the fish sauce, taste and adjust accordingly. Remove from the heat.

Step 3

Meanwhile, soak the flat noodles in boiling water for 4-5 minutes

Step 4

Divide the soaked noodles between bowls, then add the sliced chicken, spring onions, coriander and Thai basil. Season with black pepper. Bring the broth back up to the boil, then ladle over the noodles and serve with the lime wedges.

  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 2 Chicken Stock Pots, or chicken phở stock cubes 1x Knorr Stock Pot Chicken 8x28g
  • 20g Thai Basil Leaves, picked 1x Sainsbury's Thai Basil 20g
  • 2 tbsp Premium Fish Sauce 1x Blue Dragon Fish Sauce 150ml
  • 1 tbsp Sugar, or rock sugar 1x Sainsbury's White Granulated Sugar 500g
  • 1 Lime, quartered, to serve 1x Sainsbury's Limes
  • 4 Star Anise 1x Sainsbury's Star Anise 15g
  • 40g Fresh Ginger Root, peeled, halved and charred in a hot, dry pan 1x Sainsbury's Ginger 100g
  • 4 Spring Onions, sliced lengthways 1x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g
  • 30g Coriander Sprigs 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Bunch Coriander 30g
  • 320g Flat Rice Noodles, soaked in boiling water for 4-5 minutes 1x Mama Instant Rice Noodles 225g
  • 1 Onion, halved and charred in a hot, dry pan 1x Sainsbury's Onions Loose
  • 1 Rotisserie Cooked Chicken, Shredded or sliced, or use leftover roast chicken 1x Sainsbury's Roast Whole Cooked British Chicken 894g - 1112g
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