Phở gà (Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup).
Rice noodles submerged in an aromatic chicken broth containing cinnamon, star anise and cloves.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
Cooking Ingredients
- 3 pounds bone in chicken breast or thighs
- 4 cups water
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 star anise
- 1 medium fresh ginger peeled and leave whole.
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 1 medium turnip peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks.
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 stalks green onion chop up the green part, and leave the white part whole.
- 1 tbsp salt more or less depending on taste.
- 1 tbsp pepper
- 3 tbsp fish sauce more or less depending on taste.
- 1 package rice noodles
Garnishing Ingredients
- Handful of saw-tooth herb (Ngo Gai)
- Basil
- Cilantro
- Sliced onions
- Lemon wedges
- Hoisin sauce and/or chilis
Instructions
Instructions for the broth:
- Sprinkle some salt on the bone-in chicken and gently scrub, then rinse the salt off with warm water and pat it dry using paper towels.
- Place the bone-in chicken in the pressure cooker along with 4 cups of water, salt and pepper.
- Cook the chicken according to the instructions provided in the manual. I cooked the chicken on hi for 30 minutes.
- While the chicken is cooking, peel the turnip and cut it into large cubes and set it aside for later.
- Cut the green onion to separate the green part from the white part of the onion. Then take the green part of the onion and cut it into small pieces and set aside for later use.
- When the pressure cooker is finished, carefully open the lid and remove the cooked chicken, let it cool, shred it then set it aside.
- After the chicken is removed, add the peeled ginger, ground cloves, cubed turnip, and spice pouch containing the cinnamon stick and star anise in the broth. The cinnamon stick and star anise are placed in a pouch to make it easier to remove them later.
- Place the lid back on and pressure cook the turnip. Turnips are similar to potatoes as far as hardness goes, so follow the instructions in the manual for cooking russet potatoes for cooking the turnip. I cooked the turnip on hi for 2 minutes.
- After 2 minutes, carefully open the lid, remove the spice pouch and add in the chicken broth, white part of the green onion and fish sauce to taste. Then turn the pot on low to simmer while preparing the noodles.
Instructions for cooking the noodles:
- Bring a pot of salt water to a boil, then add in the desired amount of rice noodles. Let the noodles cook until soft. Then drain the noodles into a colander under running water so they won’t stick together.
Instructions for serving pho ga:
- Place the desired amount of noodles in a bowl with shredded chicken and broth. Garnish with fresh herbs (chopped green onions, sliced onion, saw-tooth herb, basil, cilantro), lemon wedge chilis and a side of hoisin sauce & enjoy.