Simple pho

Name: Simple pho
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 4 spring onions (scallions), finely sliced; 100 g/3½ oz beansprouts; 1 red or green chilli, finely sliced; 1 red or green chilli, finely sliced; small bunch of mint or coriander (cilantro), broken into sprigs; small bunch of mint or coriander (cilantro), broken into sprigs; small bunch of mint or coriander (cilantro), broken into sprigs; juice of 1 lime; soy sauce, fish sauce or flaked sea salt, to taste; soy sauce, fish sauce or flaked sea salt, to taste; soy sauce, fish sauce or flaked sea salt, to taste; about 250–350 g/9–12 oz cooked chicken, pork or beef, or prawns (raw or cooked); about 250–350 g/9–12 oz cooked chicken, pork or beef, or prawns (raw or cooked); about 250–350 g/9–12 oz cooked chicken, pork or beef, or prawns (raw or cooked); about 250–350 g/9–12 oz cooked chicken, pork or beef, or prawns (raw or cooked); 200 g/7 oz vegetable selection, such as baby corn, sugar snap peas, tenderstem broccoli, mange tout, all halved or quartered; 200 g/7 oz vegetable selection, such as baby corn, sugar snap peas, tenderstem broccoli, mange tout, all halved or quartered; 200 g/7 oz vegetable selection, such as baby corn, sugar snap peas, tenderstem broccoli, mange tout, all halved or quartered; 200 g/7 oz vegetable selection, such as baby corn, sugar snap peas, tenderstem broccoli, mange tout, all halved or quartered; 4 spring onions (scallions), finely sliced; 250 g/9 oz flat rice noodles; 2 pak choi, stalk sliced and leaves left whole; 200 g/7 oz vegetable selection, such as baby corn, sugar snap peas, tenderstem broccoli, mange tout, all halved or quartered; ½ tsp dried chilli flakes; 1 tsp coriander seeds; 1 cinnamon stick; 8 cloves; 2 star anise; 5 cm/2 inch piece ginger, peeled and sliced; 2 cloves garlic, halved

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

The Flexible Family Cookbook

By Jo Pratt

Published 2020

About

Pho is a Vietnamese soup consisting of broth, noodles and a variety of toppings. It’s proper feel-good food leaving you full and satisfied, yet revived and refreshed. This is a very simplified version that is do-able midweek, and ideal for those in-and-out days. Once you have the aromatic broth made, you can heat up individual portions when required, then finish it off in the bowls with seasonings, noodles and your chosen toppings.

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Vietnam
Soup

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