Gluten-Free Vietnamese Pork Rice Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 180 g pork shoulder, thinly sliced
• 75 g rice noodles
• 150 g bok choy, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 carrot, thinly sliced
• ½ small yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 15 g fresh ginger, sliced
• 1 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 900 ml water
• 1.5 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1 lime, cut into wedges
• 10 g fresh cilantro, leaves and tender stems
• 1 tsp olive oil
• ½ tsp salt

Method

1. Salt the pork and brown it deeply in hot olive oil.
2. Add onion and ginger; cook until softened and fragrant.3 min timer
3. Pour in water, fish sauce, sugar, star anise, and cinnamon; simmer until pork is tender.20 min timer
4. Cook rice noodles separately until tender, then drain.5 min timer
5. Add carrot and bok choy; simmer until tender-crisp, then remove spices.4 min timer
6. Divide noodles and broth into a bowl; finish with cilantro and lime.