Vegetarian Pho | Asian Inspirations

Ingredients

• 2 onions (peeled and halved)
• 7 cm piece of ginger (peeled and quartered)
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 white peppercorns
• 3 star anise
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 2L vegetable stock
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 6 carrots (peeled and coarsely chopped)
• 3 dried shiitake mushrooms
• Salt to taste
• 4-5 portions of thick dried rice noodles
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 220g five-spice tofu, sliced
• 400g broccolini (trimmed and cut into bite sized pieces)
• 2 to 3 heads baby bok choy (washed and quartered lengthwise)
• 180g bean sprouts
• 400g button mushrooms (trimmed and sliced)
• Salt and white pepper
• 1 cup Vietnamese mint
• 1 lime (cut into wedges)