Vietnamese Soup - {Faux Pho} Recipe - Cooking Index
Perhaps it's not prepared exactly as it would be in Saigon, but this fresh, flavorful, hearty soup is guaranteed to wake up your taste buds and dress up your dinner table. Best if all, you can have it on the table in about 20 minutes - including prep time.
Type: Soup3 cups | 711ml | Low-sodium chicken broth |
3 oz | 85g | Capellini (angel-hair pasta) |
1/2 cup | 73g / 2.6oz | Chopped watercress |
1/2 cup | 118ml | Sliced radishes |
1/2 lb | 227g / 8oz | Reduced-fat firm tofu - cubed |
1/2 cup | 80g / 2.8oz | Bean sprouts |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Sesame seeds - toasted* |
* To toast the sesame seeds, place a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the sesame seeds and cook, stirring constantly, until lightly browned, 1-2 minutes.
In a medium nonstick saucepan, bring the broth, capellini, watercress and radishes to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the capellini is tender, about 3 minutes.
Increase the heat and stir in the tofu, bean sprouts, vinegar, tamari and oil; cook, stirring as needed, until heated though, about 3 minutes. Serve, sprinkled with the sesame seeds.
This recipe yields 2 servings.
Per Serving: 314 Calories, 9 g Total Fat, 2 g Saturated Fat, 6 mg Cholesterol, 603 mg Sodium, 40 g Total Carbohydrate, 2 g Dietary Fiber, 19 g Protein, 135 mg Calcium.
Serving Provides: 2 Breads, 1 Fruit/Vegetable, 2 Protein/Milks, 1 Fat.
Points Per Serving: 7.
Source:
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