Vegetarian Pho

O pho, we love pho. Traditional pho is a lot more complicated and time intesive

 than this so it's a pho-inspired one I made. Yet I love that I could have it ready

 in about 2 hours instead of a whole day and it turned out lovely.

Vegetarian Pho:

inspired from this recipe

serves 2

 

2 lbs onions (all colors

1 1/2 oz fresh ginger

1 tbs fennel seeds

3 cardamon pods

3 star anise

5 whole cloves

1/2 tsp black peppercorns

1 cinnamon stick

1 tsp. coriander seeds

1/2 tbs sea salt

6 cups water

 

1   roughly chop the onion, slice the ginger (leaving skin on)

2   put water, onion, ginger and spices in a large pot

3   bring to a boil and simmer for 1-2 hours

4   strain the broth and discard all of the solids

 

I used rice noodles for inside the bowls

 

& for toppings:

fresh mint leaves

fresh cilantro

jalapeno slices

green onions

carrots

 

and of course sriracha sauce is a must!

 

5   put a helping of noodles in the broth

6   heap in as many toppings as you want

7   best to eat with chopsticks and a laddle (I got ours at the Japapese dollar store Daiso)