Phở Gà Miền Bắc (Northern Vietnamese-Style Chicken Pho)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2021

A steaming bowlful of Vietnam's famous rice noodle soup with chicken means a different thing in the north than it does in the south.

SERVES6

TIME2½ hours

Phở Gà Miền Bắc (Northern Vietnamese-Style Chicken Pho)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Phở gà is the chicken version of Vietnam's famous beef noodle soup, named for its slippery rice noodles, bánh phở. We made ours by breaking down a whole bird into parts that packed more snugly in the Dutch oven and lessened the amount of wa...

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