Chicken Pho

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Ingredients

CHARRED AROMATICS:

• ▢ 1 tbsp oil , vegetable or canola (or other plain oil)
• ▢ 2 onions , halved (skin on fine)
• ▢ 5cm/ 2" piece of ginger , sliced 0.75cm / 1/3" thick (unpeeled)

PHO SOUP BROTH:

• ▢ 2 litres / 2 quarts water
• ▢ 1.5 kg / 3 lb chicken thighs, bone in skin on (Note 1)
• ▢ 1 small bunch coriander/cilantro (Note 2)
• ▢ 5 star anise pods (was short in photo & video!)
• ▢ 1 cinnamon stick
• ▢ 4 cloves
• ▢ 2 tsp fennel seeds
• ▢ 2 tsp coriander seeds
• ▢ 8 tsp fish sauce
• ▢ 6 tsp white sugar
• ▢ 3/4 tsp salt (Cooking/kosher salt, or 1/2 tsp table salt)

NOODLE BOWLS:

• ▢ 360g / 13 oz dried rice noodles , thin flat (or 600g fresh)
• ▢ 2 green onions stems , finely sliced

TOPPINGS - HELP YOURSELF

• ▢ 3 cups bean sprouts (Note 3)
• ▢ 1 small bunch EACH Thai Basil, min, coriander/cilantro (Note 4)
• ▢ 2 limes , cut into 4 wedges
• ▢ Hoisin sauce
• ▢ Sriracha
• ▢ Red chillies , finely sliced (optional)