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Vegan Pho

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Rich, spicy and nourishing Vietnamese soup vegan way.

  • Author: Anastasia
  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Cook Time: 2 hours
  • Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Soup
  • Cuisine: Vietnamese

Ingredients

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For the stock:

  • 2 large onions, cut in quarters
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped
  • 1 large carrot, chopped
  • 1/2 cup dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 medium sweet apple, cored, peeled and chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 inch piece of ginger, halved
  • 1 small chili pepper, halved
  • Small bunch of fresh herbs (cilantro, mint, Thai basil)
  • 1 tbsp black peppercorns
  • 1 tsp whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 star anise
  • 2 slices of orange, peeled
  • 2 liters of cold water
  • 3 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

For the soup:

  • 1 cup mushrooms (brown Shimeji, Enoki or Shiitake)
  • 1 cup green vegetables (bok choy, broccoli, snow peas)
  • handful of soy sprouts
  • 200g dry noodles of your choice
  • fresh herbs, chilli slices and lime wedges for garnishing

Instructions

  1. To make the stock first you have to char onions and ginger. Just place a wire cooling rack over the burner, put onions and ginger on top and cook for about 5 minutes on each side.
  2. Put all the ingredients except nutritional yeast and soy sauce in a large pot and cover with 2 litres of cold water. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer uncovered for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
  3. After 1 hour of simmering, mix nutritional yeast with hot water and let it sit for 10 minutes. Pour the liquid into the stock, leaving the sediments in a glass (we want a clear stock). Add soy sauce. Taste for seasoning.
  4. When done, let it cool a bit and then strain. There should be about 1 litre of liquid.
  5. To assemble the soup, cook noodles and blanch the vegetables and mushrooms. Put noodles in a bowl and top with vegetables, mushrooms and bean sprouts. Pour the hot stock. Serve with fresh herbs, chilli slices and lime wedges on a side.

Notes

You can freeze this stock for later.

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