Chicken Pho
Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
1 knob of ginger
1 peeled onion
1 tbsp chicken stock flavour
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp of salt
100g rock sugar
2 star anise
3 coriander roots
3 shallots
Pho noodles
Garnish:
Coriander
Basil leaves
Bean sprouts (raw or cooked optional)
Hoisin sauce
Sriracha and fresh chilli
Method
Place the chicken in a large pot of water (about 4 L or so). Add salt, rock sugar and chicken stock flavour.
As you bring it to the boil, skim off the foam to get a clear broth colour. Add one peeled onion and knob of ginger
Keep on medium heat once it comes to a boil and cook for another 30-45 mins
Char the ginger, shallots, coriander roots and star anise directly on the stove (this brings out the flavour of the broth!).
Scrape off the burnt bits and place them into teabags to add to the broth.
Add fish sauce then taste test and add more salt/sugar as needed to suit your taste.
Take the chicken out of the pot and cut into smaller pieces to serve.
In a medium bowl add pho noodles, chicken and broth. Garnish with bean sprouts, basil leaves and coriander.
Don’t forget the chilli, hoisin sauce and sriracha!