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Chicken Pho




Source of Recipe


Eating Well magazine/April 2013


Recipe Introduction


This was a delicious and incredibly easy to prepare soup. The garnishes take longer to get ready than the soup! The only changes that I would make are the noodles and the star anise. The recipe calls for wide rice noodles and we found them unpleasantly gelatinous. Next time, I’ll go with the thinner spaghetti-like rice noodles that we’ve had in restaurants with pho. The star anise flavor is a little strong – maybe use five instead of ten. The herb amounts are probably a little large, too. Just prep what you think you might need for how many folks you’ll be serving.


Recipe Link: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/slow_cooker_chicken_pho.html

List of Ingredients




8 cups low-sodium chicken broth (two 32-ounce boxes)
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
2 tablespoons fish sauce
10 whole star anise
6 whole cloves
1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
1 cinnamon stick
2 bone-in chicken breasts (about 2 1/2 pounds total), skin removed, trimmed
6 ounces wide rice noodles
6 cups chopped bok choy
2 cups mung bean sprouts
2 cups fresh basil leaves
1 cup fresh mint leaves
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1 fresh Thai chile or serrano, thinly sliced
1 lime, cut into 6 wedges


Recipe



In a 5-6 quart slow cooker, place the broth, brown sugar, fish sauce, star anise, cloves, ginger and cinnamon stick. Add the chicken, meat side down. Cover and cook on ‘high’ for 4 hours or on ‘low’ for 8 hours.

Place the chicken on a cutting board. With a slotted spoon take the spices out of the slow cooker and discard. Place the noodles and the bok choy in the slow cooker and turn to ‘high’. Cover and cook for 30 minutes.

Shred the chicken and, after the 30 minutes are done, place it in the cooker. Cover to heat through (just a few minutes). Serve with the rest of the ingredients to garnish the soup.

Makes six (2 cup) servings.

Per serving: 362 calories; 6 g fat ( 2 g sat , 2 g mono ); 75 mg cholesterol; 40 g carbohydrates; 4 g added sugars; 39 g protein; 3 g fiber; 645 mg sodium; 998 mg potassium