Vegan Pho

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I bet y’all can’t top my Memorial Day.

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Yeah, yeah, you floated on a boat, got a tan, grilled some meats, OrIgInAl.

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I, on the other hand, spent a verrryyyyyy productive few days scrapbooking and gardening.

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Well, Garrett keeps telling me it’s not scrapbooking when you’re just putting photos into an album, but I say phooey! Potato, potato (this saying does not have the seem effect on the internet tbh). Every page has a specific theme and that takes time! Granted, so far the only theme is “Garrett & Rachel,” but I’m really liking the vision.

Gardening was fun. We spent $80 on flowers & as I was pushing the cart to the car, half of them fell out & were smushed – fun! I got them in the ground & Garrett only had to come behind me & fix like 80% of them.

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No but seriously we really went all out each night of the long weekend by being asleep by 8:30 pm.

 

Ingredients:

  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 1 tsp. of ground anise
  • 1 large white onion, chopped
  • 1/4 cup of fresh ginger, chopped
  • 1 tbsp. of garlic, minced
  • 4 cups of vegetable broth
  • 4 cups of water
  • 3 tbsp. of soy sauce, + more for serving
  • 1 package of rice noodles
  • 6 oz. of crimini mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 jalapeno, sliced thin
  • 1/2 cup of green onion, sliced thin
  • 1/4 cup of fresh basil leaves
  • 1 lime
  • 1 tbsp. of olive oil
  • S+P, to taste

How to:

  • Heat a large pot over medium heat
  • Add cinnamon + cloves + anise, stir until fragrant about 3 minutes
  • Add onion + ginger + garlic + broth + water + soy sauce, bring to a boil
  • Reduce heat + simmer for 30 minutes
  • Meanwhile, heat oil in skillet over medium heat
  • Add mushrooms + S+P, cook for 5-6 minutes or until softened + browned
  • Meanwhile, prepare your rice noodles according to package directions (whatever I had didn’t require any cooking – yeehaw!)
  • Once broth has simmered, strain into another pot, leaving a smooth, chunk free broth
  • Pour some in a bowl + add some noodles + mushrooms + jalapeno (if you like heat, but if you don’t, I’m sorry for you) + green onion + lime juice + basil
  • Repeat with remaining ingredients
  • Feel the broth course through your veins + become instantly nourished + energized + ready to run a marathon up a mountain in the rain

 

Adapted from here!

This meatless pho is full of flavor, thanks to spices, herbs and sautéed shiitake mushrooms! It’s fun to make, too. cookieandkate.com

 

25 thoughts on “Vegan Pho”

  4. abbeycoseattle says:
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    I love pho and though I am not vegan I often order it vegetarian style like this just to save on calories. I like 1/2 the noodles and extra broth 🙂 We went camping, swam in the pool and bbq’ed this Memorial Day so we were pretty basic too 😉

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