Charles Phan and his children adore this soup, called pho, which has an intense chicken flavor accented by aromatic roasted onion and ginger—they eat it for breakfast or lunch at least four times a week. Like his mom, Phan adds a large pinch of sugar to the broth to balance the pungent fish sauce.Plus: More Soup Recipes and Tips
My soup ended up very oily but this is likely due to the chicken bones that I used - I may remove the skin next time and also add spices like anise etc as it was essentially a chicken broth without the spices... very delicious though
This is more like chicken soup, not truly Pho. Because few ingredients are missing: anise, cinnamon, culantro.... But everything else looks good.
Used the instant pot. Yum!
I made this recipe about a month ago because with all the stars, I was hoping it would be good as my two favorite restaurants. I used 3 lbs of chicken wings and the whole chicken as stated but I didn't have large enough pots for all of the chicken. I split it evenly in two medium sized pots. Since there was sooo much chicken (due to the wings) I didn't take much meat off the bones of the wings, since the whole chicken was plenty, but put the majority of bones/wings back into the pots. After I strained both pots, it was enough liquid to fill up one pot. My issue with the dish, is that due to using 3lbs of chicken wings in addition to the whole chicken, caused my pho broth to taste greasy. It also tasted slightly bland, and generally I don't cook with salt, but this could've used some. The next day I went to heat some up and I noticed the gelatinous consistency. I scrapped off the top layer of fat that formed and the entire pot was still like jello. I could rest my pot spoon on top of it without it sinking. Pic below of this. After spending money and hours, I still ate it over the next few days, but if I had to share it with others, I wouldn't have because it was too greasy. It required me to use more hoisin and sriracha per bowl than usual. I threw the rest away rather than freezing as I intended. Suggestions: Use only a whole chicken and if you want more flavor, maybe just buy the bones but don't use wings. Don't roast veggies add them whole, add pho soup base