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Vegan Pho Recipe

This healthy and delicious vegan pho with hot vegetable broth is poured over baby bok choy, tofu, and skitake mushrooms.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 304 kcal
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Vietnamese

Ingredients

  • 6 cups vegetable stock no sodium
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 2-inch piece of ginger peeled and sliced
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 star anise
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 0.5 oz dried shiitake mushrooms 1 package
  • 8 oz wide rice noodles cooked, drained and rinsed under cold water
  • 2 baby bok choy sliced in half, lengthwise
  • 4 oz firm tofu cut into cubes
  • 2 tablespoon tamari or soy sauce
  • 1 cup mung bean sprouts
  • 1 bunch scallions green and white parts, sliced
  • basil or cilantro
  • Lime wedges
  • sriracha, sambal, or other hot sauce

Instructions

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  1. In a large pot, combine vegetable stock, garlic, ginger, cinnamon stick, star anise, and cloves.
  2. Bring to a boil over medium heat, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
  3. While broth is simmering, rinse dried mushrooms, then soak them in two cups warm water for 15 minutes or until tender. You can also use this time to cook the rice noodles if not already done.
  4. Add the bok choy to the simmering broth for 5 minutes
  5. Into 4 soup bowls, divide the cooked rice noodles and top with tofu cubes
  6. Remove bok choy from the broth and divide among the bowls
  7. Strain the mushroom soaking water and add to the broth, along with the mushrooms, bringing back to the boil.
  8. Stir soy sauce into the broth, turn off the heat, and using a ladle, top the soup bowls with the broth & mushrooms
  9. Top off each bowl with scallions, and bean sprouts
  10. serve with basil or cilantro, hot sauce, and lime wedges.

Notes

  • I used dried mushrooms because the flavourful soaking water is a delicious addition to the pho broth. If you prefer to use fresh, use 6 ozs of fresh mushrooms and add them into the broth with the bok choy, along with two additional cups of vegetable stock.
  • Use tamari, or gluten-free soy sauce, to make this recipe gluten-free.
  • Star Anise can sometimes be hard to find. If you can't find it, use 2 teaspoon of Chinese Five Spice powder instead.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 304kcal (15%) Carbohydrates 59g (20%) Protein 12g (24%) Fat 3g (5%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 752mg (31%) Potassium 444mg (13%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 2g (4%) Vitamin A 2544IU (51%) Vitamin C 30mg (33%) Calcium 106mg (11%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 304

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 304kcal 15%
Carbohydrates 59g 20%
Protein 12g 24%
Fat 3g 5%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 752mg 31%
Potassium 444mg 9%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 2g 4%
Vitamin A 2544IU 51%
Vitamin C 30mg 33%
Calcium 106mg 11%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.