Chicken Pho / Phở Gà
Phở is likely the most well-known and popular Vietnamese dish. Chicken Pho is clean, light, and easy to make and really only takes an hour or two!
- Prep time
- 45 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 6 quart water
- 2 lb chicken bone-in thigh
- 2 lb chicken bone-in breast
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 inch knob ginger
- 2 tbsp MSG
- 4 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 inch nub rock sugar
- 3 star anise
- 2 cardamom pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tbsp fennel seeds
- 4 dried cloves
- 32 oz rice noodles
- Beansprouts
- Green onions
- Cilantro
- White onion
- Lime
- Thai Basil
- Jalapeno
Instructions
- 1
Scrub chicken with kosher salt and rinse with cold water to remove the chickeny odor. Repeat steps 2-3 times
- 2
To a stock pot, add water and cleaned chicken
- 3
Char onion and ginger on a dry pan, open flame, or in the oven on the top rack on broil
- 4
Toast dry spices in a pan until fragrant. Add to spice bag
- 5
Add charred aromatics and toasted spices to the pot. Bring up to boil, skim off any impurities, and let simmer for one hour
- 6
Remove breasts after 20-30 minutes and thighs after 30-40 minutes of simmering. Shred or cut chicken, and return bones back into the stock to continue simmering
- 7
After an hour, remove the aromatics and spice bag to ensure that the broth stays light and clean
- 8
Prepare garnishes by thinly slicing onions and submerging them in cold water to reduce raw onion flavor. Cut cilantro, green onions, lime, and jalapeno
- 9
In a separate pot of water, cook rice noodles to the desired doneness
- 10
Assemble the bowl by adding noodles, chicken, broth, and garnishes. Serve with beansprouts and Thai basil