Quick 3 steps vegetarian pho. If you've ever made traditional pho from scratch, you know there's nothing quick about it; it's a labor of love that involves simmering beef bones, slow-roasting onions, and steeping aromatic spices. With that, you're also quite aware that there's nothing vegetarian about it. This vegetarian pho is the farthest thing from a traditional pho in that sense, but the flavor profile is.
Char the onion and ginger (either in a skillet or under the broiler). Meanwhile, briefly toast the spices in a large stockpot. Add in the onion, ginger, and broth. You can have Quick 3 steps vegetarian pho using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Quick 3 steps vegetarian pho
- It's 1 packages of pho noodle.
- Prepare 1 box of vegetarian pho soup buillion.
- You need 3 each of large carrots - cut bite size pieces.
- It's 3 stalk of celery - cut bite size pieces.
- Prepare 1 each of kimchi cabbage.
- It's 5 each of star seed.
- It's 1 bunch of basil.
- You need 1 each of lime -sliced wedges.
- It's 1 packages of mushrooms - quartered.
- Prepare 1 each of roasted ginger - slightly pounded.
- Prepare 1 packages of tofu - sliced.
Then add the ginger, the cinnamon sticks, the star anise, and the cloves. Stir and cook on high heat until. To make quick vegan pho, just quarter an onion, roughly chop the garlic, and slice the ginger into coins. Add the broth, onion, garlic, star anise, whole cloves, ginger, and cinnamon to a large pot and bring to a simmer.
Quick 3 steps vegetarian pho instructions
- Fill large pot with water half to 2/3 full, add 1 box or 4 vegetable soup buillion, boil on med to high heat..
- Add carrots, mushrooms, celery, kimchi cabbage (thick white stems first), ginger, tofu, and star seeds to boiling pot. Scoop out suds and rinse suds out in bowl of water. This is to keep broth clear. NOTE: I didn't have the Pho netted packet, so had to improvise. Just remember to scoop out the star seeds before serving..
- Boil water in a smaller pot to dip the Pho noodle in using a strainer basket. To serve, put strained pho noodle in bowl, add toppings optional: bean sprouts, basil, sliced jalapeño, samba chilli, lime juice from wedges. Topped with a few scoops from the boiling pho soup. Done..
Add the water, onion, garlic, ginger, and the stems of the shiitake mushrooms. This vegetarian pho is an exception, though. The broth, which picks up great flavor from the spices, a slight sweetness from the carrots, and the subtlest of charred aromas from the onion and ginger, is what truly makes this soup for me. I prefer keeping the toppings to a minimum so I can let the broth stand out and take center stage. To make mine vegetarian, I substituted shiitake mushrooms for the beef and used tamari (or soy sauce) instead of the fish sauce.