Quick Chicken Pho

Name: Quick Chicken Pho
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 Chicken Stock Pots, or chicken phở stock cubes; 20g Thai Basil Leaves, picked; 2 tbsp Premium Fish Sauce; 1 Lime, quartered, to serve; 4 Spring Onions, sliced lengthways; 40g Fresh Ginger Root, peeled, halved and charred in a hot, dry pan; 320g Flat Rice Noodles, soaked in boiling water for 4-5 minutes; 1 Rotisserie Cooked Chicken, Shredded or sliced, or use leftover roast chicken; 1 Onion, halved and charred in a hot, dry pan; 1 tbsp Sugar, or rock sugar; 30g Coriander Sprigs; 4 Star Anise

by Uyen Luu

Poultry

Dairy Free

4.4

15m prep time

35m total time

Easy level

12 ingredients

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 1 x Knorr 8x 28g Chicken Stock Pots
20g Thai Basil Leaves, picked 1 x Sainsbury's Thai Basil 20g
2 tbsp Premium Fish Sauce 1 x Blue Dragon Fish Sauce 150ml
1 Lime, quartered, to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Limes x1
4 Spring Onions, sliced lengthways 1 x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g
40g Fresh Ginger Root, peeled, halved and charred in a hot, dry pan 1 x Sainsbury's Ginger 100g
320g Flat Rice Noodles, soaked in boiling water for 4-5 minutes 1 x Mama Instant Rice Noodles 225g
1 Rotisserie Cooked Chicken, Shredded or sliced, or use leftover roast chicken 1 x Sainsbury's Roast Whole Cooked British Chicken 894g - 1112g
1 Onion, halved and charred in a hot, dry pan 1 x Sainsbury's Onions Loose
1 tbsp Sugar, or rock sugar 1 x Sainsbury's White Granulated Sugar 500g
30g Coriander Sprigs 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Bunch Coriander 30g
4 Star Anise 1 x Sainsbury's Star Anise 15g