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Vietnam · SERVES 4

Phở Gà

Clear chicken broth, flat rice noodles, sliced chicken, charred onion and ginger, warm spices, herbs and lime — kept calm by a cast that repeatedly approaches the wrong pot.

2 hr 20 minChickenFeaturing Admiral Star Anise, Ginger General, Gà Grace, Pho Nora, Oliver, Lola

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken / about 1.4 kg
  • 2.5 L water
  • 400 g flat rice noodles
  • 1 large onion
  • 80 g fresh ginger
  • 3 whole star anise
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 45 ml fish sauce
  • 20 g rock sugar
  • 4 scallions
  • 30 g cilantro
  • 2 limes
  • Salt, to taste

Three essential steps

  1. Char the onion and ginger until bronzed and fragrant. Lower the chicken into the water and maintain a gentle simmer, skimming as needed.
  2. Toast the spices and add them in a sachet. Simmer until the chicken is safely cooked and tender, then remove it, strain the broth and season with fish sauce, sugar and salt.
  3. Cook the noodles separately. Slice the chicken, divide noodles and chicken between bowls, pour over clear hot broth and finish with scallions, cilantro and lime at the table.