This soup reminded me a lot of the "Pho Ga" at the Vietnamese restaurant in our neighborhood. Our family loves Pho. We love it so much that we usually just order the noodles and soup, no meat. In the non-meat version, tthey usually add broccoli florets and carrots to the broth and cook until crisp tender. I'm not sure if that's authentic Vietnamese, but I love how the veggies soak up all the yummy soup flavors and yet retain their crispness and brightness. I meant to add some to this soup but alas, I forgot at the last minute. I did however intentionally leave out the spicy stuff because I'm a wimp. This tasted excellent with a few squirts of Hoisin sauce and some extra soy sauce.
The recipe can be found in Dorie Greenspan's new book: Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours. Once you have this book, be sure to join in the cookalong at French Fridays with Dorie.
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29 comments:
I really did love this soup. :) Yours is beautiful- it looks so fresh!
Beautiful soup! I love all your additions.
I like the forest of green and healthy vegetables! Thanks for sharing.
It's nice making it at home rather than heading out for it isn't it!
Beautiful photo! Now I'm hungry for that soup again! :)
It looks so beautiful with the extra basil and cilantro leaves. I also love the transparency of your noodles.
Beautiful! I would be visiting that restaurant a lot if it was anything like the bowl I made!
Trevor Sis Boom.
Yum. I love the idea of putting broccoli in it.
Gorgeous, Tia! :) Looks yummy!
Your soup looks delicious! I wished I'd added more veggies too.
Thanks for sharing the non-meat ideas. I think I'll have to retry this recipe. Someone else recommended Hoisin sauce as well.
What a fun group, this looks really great & good texturely.
Oh that looks delicious!
Looks beautiful, Tia! It has a great lightness and transparency to it.
-K@saffronandhoney
That's a great looking bowl of soup! Funny--I like pho without the meat too. I may need to add onions to my next bowl...
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You go girl! It looks outstanding!!
Your soup looks wonderful! The no-meat version of pho with broccoli sounds really good.
Hi Tia. Looks amazing. The Candy below looks great too!!!
Beautiful bowl of soup! All these soup recipes I'm seeing are making me crave pho!
Such a great recipe - your picture is wonderful!
Your soup looks fantastic! I think it would be great with the addition of some veggies.
Your soup looks beautiful! So fresh!
Your soup looks wonderful Tia - whether it is authentic Vietnamese or not, this soup was marvellous and a surpirse hit in my house.
LOL, me left out the spicy stuff too , coz we somehow dont have a palate for spicy soups here!
Love ur greens and fresh flavs showing!!
Great photo - love all the additions you made to it.
Tia, I HAVE to try this soup! It look soooooooooo good. Everyone who's made it seems to love it. I'm making a copycat recipe tomorrow for you! :o) Not sure exactly when I'll post it but I'll get it in by the deadline. Hope you're having a great weekend my friend!
Soup klooks amazing. I am going to make this as soon as I find all the ingredients.
Love Pho. Made it once. Glad to know this is similar.
This looks amazing! I'm sorry I had to miss this one.
Yummm...if you love Pho Bo then stay tuned. I will be posting a homemade step by step soon :) But you will have to add in your own brocolli, hahah.
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