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    Home » Recipes » Miscellaneous

    Daring Cooks Vietnamese Chicken Pho

    Published by Melissa on October 14, 2009 | Updated July 9, 2018 | 31 Comments

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    This month’s Daring Cooks challenge was Vietnamese Chicken Pho and Sweet Wontons chosen by Jaden from Steamy Kitchen.

    Vietnamese Pho is a noodle soup popular in Vietnam. The broth is simmered for hours with either beef knuckle/leg bone or with a whole chicken and accompanied by rice noodles, fresh herbs like cilantro or basil, a wedge of lime or lemon, fresh bean sprouts and fresh sliced chilies if desired.

    Pho is different than other noodle soups because of the spices used in making the broth – coriander, star anise, cloves, cinnamon, and fresh ginger. I bought my spices at World Market  – they are so much cheaper than at the supermarket.

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    This was my first time tasting Pho (pronounced “fuh?”) and my first time cooking Vietnamese food. I decided to make the Pho Ga (chicken) version. Click here to visit the Steamy Kitchen for the recipe.

    Although my family and I didn’t love this soup (mostly because of the spices we weren’t use to) it was fun to try something new. We did however love the second part of this challenge the fried Chocolate Wontons. I used round potsticker wrappers and filled them with Nutella. They were crispy, sweet and delicious. The perfect ending to a light meal.

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    1. Lisa Michelle

      October 18, 2009 at 12:41 pm

      Wow, Barb..your Pho looks amazing even though you didn't like it. From hereon in, just send me whatever you make and don't like..K? LOL BTW, HELLO to Nutella filled wontons. I just ate a half a jar of the stuff yesterday!

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    2. Jamie

      October 17, 2009 at 1:13 pm

      That is too funny! Could've skipped the soup and gone straight for those amazing fried nutella-filled wontons! I would like to try this soup though.

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    3. Lauren

      October 17, 2009 at 3:27 am

      I'm sorry you didn't love it – Everything looks amazing!

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    4. Sweet and Savory

      October 16, 2009 at 7:02 am

      Chocolate Wontons. Who would've thought? I have to try this.

      Please stop by my blog and pick up a reward.

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    5. petite nyonya

      October 16, 2009 at 6:59 am

      I had Pho in Vietnamese cafes before and it is very tasty. You've made it exactly the way I had it in the cafes.

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    6. Debbie

      October 15, 2009 at 3:19 pm

      Yum…chocolate wontons! Never heard of that before. It all looks very delicious!

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    7. Pam

      October 15, 2009 at 3:14 pm

      I've only had Pho once and thought it was good, but you are right the seasonings are different. The wontons sound mighty tasty.

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    8. Trish

      October 15, 2009 at 3:08 pm

      Love Pho….love the spices too …guess we are familiar with them. However, not familiar to the chocolate wontons…grin. Love the idea. Must try them!

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    9. Kim

      October 15, 2009 at 1:21 pm

      I've never cooked Vietnamese either, but it would be nice to try this. The chocolate wontons – yum! Doesn't nutella make everything better?

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    10. Natashya KitchenPuppies

      October 15, 2009 at 12:14 pm

      Looks great! Congrats for stepping outside of your spice comfort zone!

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    11. Olive

      October 15, 2009 at 6:31 am

      your pho and fried wontons look great, I didn't like mine that much either because like you, I was missing some spices too but I enjoyed the challenge just like you did too. Have a nice day! 🙂

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