Recipe: Perfect Vegetarian Pho

Vegetarian Pho.

You can cook Vegetarian Pho using 25 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vegetarian Pho

1. It's of For the Soup.
2. You need 2 of onions (peeled and halved).
3. Prepare 7 cm of piece of ginger (peeled and quartered).
4. Prepare 1 of cinnamon stick.
5. Prepare 5 of white peppercorns.
6. It's 3 of star anise.
7. It's 3 of whole cloves.
8. You need 1 tsp of coriander seeds.
9. Prepare 2 L of vegetable stock.
10. Prepare 1 tbsp of soy sauce.
11. Prepare 6 of carrots (peeled and coarsely chopped).
12. Prepare 3 of dried shiitake mushrooms.
13. It's to taste of Salt.
14. Prepare of Other Ingredients.
15. It's 4-5 portions of thick dried rice noodles.
16. Prepare 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
17. You need 220 g of five-spice tofu, sliced.
18. It's of Toppings & Garnish.
19. Prepare 400 g of broccolini (trimmed and cut into bite sized pieces).
20. Prepare 2-3 heads of baby bok choy (washed and quartered lengthwise).
21. You need 180 g of bean sprouts.
22. It's 400 g of button mushrooms (trimmed and sliced).
23. It's of Salt and white pepper.
24. Prepare 1 cup of Vietnamese mint.
25. You need 1 of lime (cut into wedges).

Vegetarian Pho instructions

1. To make a more flavourful soup, charring the onion and ginger goes a long way. Do this by simply grilling the onion and ginger until their surface is slightly blackened – take care not to overdo this and actually burn them. Once they are nicely charred, remove from the heat and set them aside..
2. Dry fry the cinnamon, white peppercorns, star anise, cloves, and coriander seeds over low heat in a stockpot. Fry the herbs until fragrant..
3. Once the oils in the herbs have been released, add the vegetable stock, charred onion and ginger, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and soy sauce. Turn the heat up to high until the stock begins to boil..
4. Once the stock begins to boil, reduce the heat to medium low and cover with a lid. Allow to simmer for 60-90 mins..
5. When the soup is done, strain it through a wire-mesh strainer and season with salt. Keep the soup warm for later..
6. Prepare the rice noodles according to packet instructions. Once cooked, drain the noodles through a sieve and rinse under running water to stop the cooking..
7. Heat the oil in a pan over medium high heat. Pan fry the brocollini until tender and lightly browned. You can add some salt to season the vegetables. Do the same for the button mushrooms and baby bok choy. Set aside the toppings..
8. Add the portions of noodles into their own separate bowls. Top with the pan fried vegetables, five spice tofu, and bean sprouts, then, pour over with the warm soup..
9. Garnish with lime wedges and Vietnamese mint and serve hot..