Easy Chicken Pho
A classic Vietnamese noodle soup, this chicken pho is quick, fresh and healthy! Made with super fresh ingredients, rice noodles and fresh herbs, this is a great weeknight dinner for any occasions. My chicken pho recipe tastes just like the real deal, and will make you feel so good on the inside!
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast
- 1 ½ cups chicken stock
- 1 chicken stock cube for poaching chicken
- 3 teaspoon ginger grated
- 1 teaspoon garlic crushed
- 3 tablespoon fish sauce
- 3 teaspoon lemongrass minced
- 1 teaspoon sambal oelek or use 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
- 2 green onions sliced
- 3.5 oz rice noodles dried (100g)
- ¼ cup bean sprouts
- 1 tablespoon fresh coriander roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh mint roughly chopped
Instructions
Chicken
- In a saucepan, place the chicken breast, 1 chicken stock cube, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon of lemongrass and enough water to cover the chicken. Simmer chicken over medium heat until poached and cooked through (about 20 minutes). Shred chicken and set aside.
Broth
- Bring stock, ginger, lemongrass, fish sauce, garlic to the boil. Once boiling, remove from heat and add green onions and sambal oelek/Sriracha.
Noodles
- Place noodles in a large bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 10 minutes or until noodles are tender and cooked through.
Assembly
- Place rice noodles in a bowl, top with cooked chicken and then the broth. Top with coriander, mint and bean sprouts and enjoy!
Notes
Sambal Oelek is relatively easy to find in most Australian supermarkets, but I haven't found it harder to find in regular American supermarkets, so I ended up using Sriracha instead. If you are using Sriracha, you may want to use a little bit more than 1 tablespoon depending on how spicy you like it! Sriracha is a lot milder compared to Sambal Oelek so keep adding a little bit at a time until you reach your desired taste. Sambal Oelek is quite spicy which is why we recommend to only use 1 teaspoon. You can also just blitz some fresh red chilis in a food processor as well for flavour, basically the same thing as Sambal Oelek!