Hello, hello, hello! Happy (belated) Christmas and congratulations on surviving this magical, exhausting, joyous and maddening holiday! I hope that you all had a wonderful day.
I am aware that the thought of any more cooking after catering for every member of your extended family may seem a little daunting… You may still be experiencing the meat sweats from yesterday’s roast… However something has to be done with the copious amount of meat piled high in the fridge and I am here to offer my assistance. I decided to use it in a traditional Vietnamese soup and I thought I would share my Pho recipe with you all for leftovers inspo.
After such a huge overload of calories and hearty British food the blend of beautiful spices and the lightness of this dish is the perfect antidote. It can also be easily whipped up and left to bubble away even in the inevitable post Christmas hangover/ food comma induced haze. If you shunned tradition and did not cook a turkey (I salute you) then any other meat would work well instead – it is typically cooked with beef in Hanoi so that would work particularly well.
Obviously it is so important to continually taste your food as you cook; but it is particularly essential in this soup as it balances all of the different elements of taste (sweet, savoury, bitter, sour, saltiness) and you may want to alter the quantities I recommend to your personal taste. For example you may want it sweeter than I have suggested (add more honey) or more sour (add fish sauce).
Serves 2
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 700ml chicken stock
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
- 4 cm ginger, peeled and grated
- 5 spring onions
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 star anise
- 2 limes
- 2 tsp fish sauce
- 4 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp honey
- 200 g cooked turkey (approx) roughly chopped
- 100g rice noodles
- 1 chili, finely sliced
- 1 large handful of chopped herbs (coriander, basil, mint, thai basil)
Method
- In a large saucepan add the stock, soy sauce, honey, fish sauce, cinnamon, star anise, the juice of 1 lime, ginger, garlic and the green part of the spring onions. Stir until combined and bring to the boil. Once it has boiled turn down the heat to a gentle simmer, cover and and cook for 50 minutes.
- Meanwhile slice up the white section of the spring onions, the herbs, chili ready to be used as garnish.
- After 50 minutes bubbling away add the turkey to the broth and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Cook the rice noodles according to their packet instructions.
- Ladle the broth out into two bowls, add half of the noodles to each bowl and top with the garnish and then serve.
I hope that you enjoyed this recipe. Please let me know in the comments what you think and subscribe for more recipes from me!
The resolution of your pictures invites someone to enjoy dining at the computer. You perfected your art of blogging. I used to live where eating at Vietnamese restaurants was normal. I enjoyed eating pho. Fantastic work.
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Thanks so much! I’m glad you liked it ☺
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Yummmy ses…i love nodles any nodlessss hahhaa i fel hungrybthis time when i saw your posthaha
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Thank you ☺
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Hurray ! Seeing this live and tasting was wonderful ! Magic!
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Warm and hearty!
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Mmm, I love anything Vietnamese! I’ve been trying out different pho recipes, and none of them have quite hit the spot. But if your pictures are any indication, this recipe will be absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to try!
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Ohhh well hopefully this recipe will be up to scratch! Let me know how you get on with it 🙂
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I just adore pho and this recipe looks absolutely amazing! I will make some for my family and let you know how it goes 🙂
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Thanks so much, I hope it goes well – let me know how you get on! 🙂
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This looks delicious Rosie,I will definitely give this one a go!! Your photos are just perfect too!!
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Ah thank you so much Louise! I am glad you are enjoying the blog. I hope you had a lovely Christmas! x
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I love Pho but have not perfected it yet. Maybe I can try again after seeing your post.
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Let me know how you get on! 🙂
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Wow that looks really delicious ~♡
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Thanks so much! ☺
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Glad you love our popular meal. It look yummy! May I recommend you some fine cut lemon leaves? It make the noodle tastier and better flavored.
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I had a great big beautiful bowl of pho last night in one of the many fantastic Vietnamese restaurants here (Melbourne, Australia). I believe it’s pronounced something like “fur” which is a bit weird if you think about eating fur.
Thanks for visiting our blog.
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Haha yes I am NEVER certain on how to pronounce it so I tend to just mumble it instead. Such a delicious dish though
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Looks delicious. I am so going to have to make this 🙂
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That looks great and easy enough that I could probably do it. Thanks.
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Thanks for checking out wandertained.wordpress.com! I love this recipe! After cooking a turkey a few years back i did something similar and it was wonderful, though maybe not as gorgeous as your pictures! Thanks!
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I just love the balanced combination of flavors !
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Thanks so much! ☺
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Im in love with your cooking skills😍😍😍i am addicted to food and i really wish i could cook like you
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Ah well thank you very much, that is very sweet of you 🙂
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