Tonkinoise Soup: The authentic Tonkinoise (Pho Soup)

Tonkinese soup (pho soup) is a Vietnamese recipe that has become so popular in recent years that many restaurants have made it their specialty.

But making soup at home is much simpler than it sounds. With the right ingredients, you can create an authentic flavor and enjoy your own phô soup.

This healthy recipe soup, a vegetarian and gluten-free tonkinoise from la boîte à grains is perfectly suited to the paleo diet. Discover our new creation among our healthy recipes!

Preparing the Tonkinoise recipe

Preparation time : 1 hour for Tonkinoise soup

Servings: 6 portions of Tonkinoise soup 

Ingredients for our phô soup recipe

Bouillon

To make a successful soup broth in just a few minutes, make sure you have all these ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons oil cooking oil (30 ml) cooking oil
• 1 yellow onion, quartered
• 10 cups water
• 2 whole garlic cloves
• 5 cm fresh ginger, sliced
• 10 whole cloves
• 5 anise stars
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• ¼ cup of tamari (60 ml)
• ¼ cup traditional miso (60 ml)
• 1 sprig basil
• 2 tablespoons Turbinado raw cane sugar (30 ml)

Toppings

• 2 cups Chinese cabbage, sliced into strips (500 ml)
• 2 carrots, grated lengthwise
• 1 package shiitake mushrooms, whole or cut into strips
• 200g packet of medium-large rice noodles (replace with konjac noodles for paleo version)

Accompaniments

• Free-range chicken eggs or quail eggs
• Sprouted soybeans
• Lime wedges
• Green onions, chopped
• Jalapenos
• Hoisin Sauce
• Fresh herbs: basil, Thai basil, mint, coriander, shiso
• Optional: imitation meat (veg) or meat (chicken, beef, pork, seafood) for those who can't live without it. Chicken is generally very popular, as is beef.

How to prepare the Tonkinoise recipe

1. In a large pot, heat the cooking oil and brown the onion for the soup.
2. Add the water, then all the ingredients that make up the broth. Cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. (This step can be carried out in the slow cooker for 4 hours, for added flavor, or in the pressure cooker on the stock function).
3. Drain the broth, retaining only the liquid.
4. Add cabbage and carrot strips, shiitake mushrooms and rice noodles. Continue cooking for 10 minutes.
5. Serve soup in wide-mouth containers.
6. Garnish with a few suggested accompaniments, including bean sprouts, eggs, rice noodles and rice. Hoisin sauce and fresh herbs.

For more recipes, check out the section on our website for more cooking ideas like this tonkinoise, pho (traditionally).

Soup's on!
The team at La Boite à Grains

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Recipe creation :
Véronique Cousineau, ND