Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Pho Ga

A warming Vietnamese Chicken Pho (pron. 'fir') - a brilliant soup
which is both exotic & surprisingly homely.

The base is a rich chicken stock made from simmering pre-blanched
chicken frames (brought to boil in cold water, then drained and
rinsed), corriander roots, blackened onion & ginger (BBQ'd till
black , then peeled), rock sugar, star anise, fish sauce, salt and
corriander seeds for a couple of hours.

Chicken breasts are then poached in the broth, then sliced and placed
in a big bowl over a generous serve of rice noodles, and topped with
the boiling hot broth

Garnished with chilli, mint, Thai basil, corriander, bean sprouts,
spring onion and a wedge of lime.

Slurpingly good.

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