Pho Ga On A Budget

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This recipe cost me less then $20 and took only 30 minutes to cook!

Makes: ~6 servings

1 rotisserie chicken
1 large onion
7 oz ginger
2 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
1 cardamom pod
1/4 tsp cloves
2 tsp fennel seeds
2 tsp coriander seeds
3 qt water
5 TBSP fish sauce
1 tsp salt
2.5 oz rock sugar
2 TBSP chicken bouillon

1. Shred the meat off your rotisserie chicken so all that remains is the carcass and anything else you don’t like to eat (like the skin and cartilage). Reserve the meat and set aside the carcass

2. Char your onions and ginger. I did mine in the airfryer at 400 degrees F for 20 mins flipping half way through. You can also do it on an open fire or oven. We want the outter layer of our ginger to be black/ burnt and blistering juices. Then set aside

3. Toast your spices on medium heat for ~2 minutes or until fragrant. Consistently swirl your pan around so your spices don’t burn. Place spices into a spice bag/ cheese cloth or you can be a savage and leave your spices floating around in your pot

4. Now, toss all of your ingredients into your instant pot (I have an 8 qt instant pot): chicken carcass, charred onions and ginger, spices, 3 qt water, 5 TBSP fish sauce, 1 tsp salt, 2.5 oz rock sugar, 2 TBSP chicken bouillon

5. Once all of your ingredients are in, pressure cook on high for 30 minutes.

6. After 30 mins, discard everything inside and pour broth through a fine strainer. Now your broth is done. All you gotta do is taste test, adjust broth if needed, assemble your bowl and enjoy.

7. I serve mine with a ginger fish sauce dip