Pressure Cooker Chicken Pho

Classic Vietnamese Comfort Food

Ingredients

Ingredients

Broth:

• 2 tbl vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, cut in half
• 1 small hand ginger (few inches at least), roughly sliced
• 1 bunch cilantro
• 3 star anise pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 cloves
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 8 cups of water
• 6-8 chicken drumsticks (or thighs)
• 1/4 cup fish sauce
• 2 tbl rock sugar

For serving:

• 4 servings pho noodles prepared according to package directions
• 1 small red onion thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions (white only)
• 2 cups mixed herbs
  • Cilantro, basil mint
• 2 cups bean sprouts
• 1 jalapeño sliced
• Lime wedges
• Hoisin sauce and Siracha

Instructions

1. Heat oil in pressure cooker (on sauté mode) on high heat until smoking. Add halved onions, ginger, and cook without moving until well charred (~5 minutes). Take this step seriously, more char is good, make it smoke! Lower heat if smoking excessively.
2. Add rest of broth ingredients to pot. Seal pressure cooker and set for high pressure and heat for 30 minutes. Note: time does not include time it takes to get to pressure/temperature. When done, release pressure valve (for electric pressure cookers) and wait until safe to open.
3. Cook noodles according to package directions and set aside. Get ready other serving ingredients and set aside.
4. After opening pressure cooker, remove chicken to cutting board and debone it. Rest of broth should be put through a fine mesh strainer into a clean pot. Discard anything caught in the strainer.
5. To serve: split noodles, chicken, sliced onion, green onion into bowls. Pour broth into bowls. Serve and individuals add herbs, sprouts, peppers, lime, and sauces as desired.