LOW CALORIE CHICKEN PHO NOODLE SOUP
Pho Ga is the little sister of famous beef pho, delicious and comforting but much easier to make!This recipe is incredibly low in calorie because I used Konjac noodles instead of rice noodles. One serving of 200g is only 16 kcal 🤯! Their high fiber content will promote fullness and reduce appetite, so they are perfect for a weight loss diet!
Nutrition Per Serving
Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 6g
Ingredients
For the broth
- 1 whole chicken carcass
- 1 onion charred
- 3 slices fresh ginger charred
- 3 star anis
- 2-3 cloves
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds if you have, you can also add 1 cinnamon stick, some black cardamom and fennel seeds
- 2 tbsp fish sauce to taste
To serve
- 400 g konjac noodles
- 170 g chicken breast cooked and shredded
- 130 g shrimps
- 120 g bean sprouts
For garnish
- fresh Thai basil
- lime juice
- fresh Vietnamese culantro (Ngo gai)
- hoisin sauce
- sriracha or crisp chili oil
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Instructions
- Char the onion and ginger in a pan, oven or like me directly open flame. This is a traditional and mandatory inclusion, as it gives that signature smokey fragrance of Pho.
- Put the chicken in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil then add the charred onion, ginger and spices in the broth.
- Simmer everything very slow and gently for 1.5 hrs (or at least 45min) to infuse the water with all those broth flavourings. At the end add fish sauce to taste.
- Shred the chicken and boil the shrimps.
- To serve, add the rinsed konjac noodles in a bowl with one handful of bean sprouts , top with the chicken meat , shrimps, the fresh herbs and red bird chili or chili crisp oil if you want that spicy kick! And don’t forget that lemon /lime juiceeeee 🍋
Notes
If you don't have chicken bones, you can alternatively just put chicken stock, but the more bones the more flavourful 🙂
