French Friday's with Dorie ~ Spicy Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup



French Friday's with Dorie has been a great experience in diversity of recipes for the last three weeks. This week: Spicy Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup.



I have made Pho from scratch, a LONG process, and Dorie's soup is much like chicken Pho, except MUCH faster to assemble. Oh, and I have never added coconut milk to Pho before and yet Dorie calls for it.

I did not have coriander seeds, so used powdered coriander to compensate along with pink peppercorns instead of white.



All the ingredients went together quickly and brought to a boil.

The chicken breasts with skin and bone were added in to simmer then removed and the meat picked apart from the bones. After cooling down, the chicken meat was shredded, the noodles were cooked and cilantro was chopped. Added all three of these ingredients to the soup and simmered for a short amount of time. Added lime juice at the end.
Verdict: We loved the flavor of the creamy noodles, light coconut base, spices, and chicken. I did not have bean sprouts or fresh basil leaves on hand (forgot to buy them) but I did have chile oil, hoisin sauce, and lime wedges. A definite addition to my kitchen dinners! Now I would like to try the Curry version of this same soup. My husband loves curry. Thank you Dorie for another great selection this month!

Comments

Unknown said…
Looks creamy and tasty
lola said…
We enjoyed this soup too. Your soup looks perfect.
Kayte said…
Oh, that looks just wonderful! I love it when cooks show the ingredients and packaging. Thanks. From your description, I had better get to this one soon.
Vicki said…
Curry version sounds delicious.
Flourchild said…
Your soup looks really good!! Im glad your family enjoyed it!!
Angie's Recipes said…
Looks very delicious and authentic!
Beth said…
This soup looks great. I'm loving her new cookbook already!
Hanaâ said…
I love Pho. I guess what threw me off on this one was the white color but now I know it's from the coconut milk. Sounds like another winner!
How did you keep the white of the coconut milk to show? Mine faded away.

It is a beautiful soup besides being delicious.
TeaLady said…
Looks delicious.

Made this afternoon and it was good. Have tons left so am adding curry to 1/2 of what's left. Good comforting soup.
simple and delicious noodle soup, my family love noodle soup too.
This looks really delicious and creamy.
TeaLady said…
LOOKS tasty. I made the curry version and it is really good. The other is good too.

Keeper. Love the pic.
Eliana said…
Hmmm - looks so creamy and delicious.
Anonymous said…
And how about adding some more illustrations? No offence, content is really nice. But according to the scientists visitors acquire information much more efficient when they see certain useful pictures.

Whitney Mainfield
make a cell phone jammer
Anonymous said…
Rather nice place you've got here. Thank you for it. I like such topics and everything connected to this matter. I definitely want to read more on that blog soon.


Hilary Swenson
escort service schweiz

Popular Posts