Pho: Shortcuts and Short Cook Time
So, I was on the phone with Michelle while I was making dinner on Saturday night and we decided this would be a good dish for the cook-along.I'm currently living in a tiny apartment in Anywheresville, USA and have very little counter space and only a few pieces of kitchen gear. Although I had all the spices and aromatics I needed for the broth (which takes no time at all in a pressure cooker), I took some shortcuts with the garnishes. Regardless, the pho was quite tasty, and, as a bonus, caused my apartment to stink pretty.
The broth cooking in the pressure cooker (far left) and after releasing the pressure and peeking inside (can you see the steam?)I followed the recipe for the broth, using the quantities specified, and added 1 dry red chile. For vegetable stock, I used Rapunzel no-salt added bouillon cubes. (I love these – they are my base for all of my soups). I cooked this in my pressure cooker at high pressure for 3 minutes (yeah, baby! take that, crockpot lovers), and by the time it was done, I had my rice noodles cooked and my garnishes ready to go.
Before and after adding the broth (my bowl, covered with hot sauce is on the right, the other belongs to my fabulous intern/ personal shopper/ photographer)
posted by Stacey @ 11:07 AM
5 Comments:
oh, i love that rice noodle picture! i'm really into rapunzel bouillon cubes now, too. was it you who was surprised when i didn't have bouillon in the house? since then, i've gone through a whole package of the rapunzel and a whole container of the vogue vege base!
so yummy, i'm looking forward to trying the pho! but i don't have lots of the ingredients, but that's cause i was away and tried to clean the fridge out beforehand...
and we've already talked about how i love sriracha!
sri-ra-
cha-cha-cha...
I have a very good feeling about this recipe.
I have a pressure cooker but I've been afraid to try it. It's definitely not as fancy-schmancy as your's looks - I think I have a cheap-o one - and for some reason, I'm convinced that I'll blow the apartment up.
Mishka,
If it's an old (jiggle top) PC, it may blow up, but the newer, 2nd generation ones, don't have that problem.
It's worth trying it - besides, it won;t blow everything up, just the kitchen.
Michelle,
Yep, I was having probs finding sriracha in this town and bough a garlic chile sauce from the supermarket, but then, when I went to the Indo-Asian market in nearby city when I went to meet my parents for dinner on Sunday, I saw the sriracha and bought it. Yum!
sriracha - it makes everything better
and, my lovely intern took the photo for me.
well this looks fun!
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