A Quick and Healthy One-bowl Meal for Busy Mondays

Mondays are usually packed with loads of work. So sweating it out in the kitchen, to cook a hearty meal is the last thing you want to do. For days when you are running short on time, one-pot dishes are what you need. Not only are they easy to make but also do not require piles of pots and pans to wash when you are done cooking. Life is hectic, putting together a meal doesn't have to. Here's an easy yet delicious recipe for busy Mondays.

Chicken Pho soup

Ingredients for Pho stock

1kg chicken bones 

0.3gm (roasted) ginger

1kg (roasted) onions 

 4ltr water 

40gm cinnamon sticks 

40gm star anise

20gm black pepper 

20gm cardamom black

Salt ( as per taste ) 

1tsp sugar 

1tsp white pepper

1tsp fish sauce 
 

Method

1) Boil the chicken bones and all the ingredients mentioned above for 1 hour. After which strain them and keep it aside. This will be the basic stock for the soup 

Ingredients for accompaniment 

10no basil

5gm beans sprouts 

2no red chillies 

2no lemon wedges 

10gm Sriracha Chilli sauce 

5gm Hoi sin sauce 

30gm soaked rice noodles 

20gm sliced onions

1tbsp chopped spring onion 

1tbsp chopped coriander 

A pinchful of pepper  

Chicken/vegetables of your choice (boiled)

Method 

1. Make an accompaniment plate, while keeping all the ingredients separately, which are basil, beans sprout, red chilli, lemon wedges, Sriracha sauce, and hoisin sauce.

2. Boil the rice noodle & put it into a soup bowl.

3. Place the sliced chicken and vegetables in the pan over the rice noodles.

4. Add sliced onions, coriander & spring onion over the vegetables/chicken.

5. Heat the pho stock & check the and pour the stock over the chicken and vegetable and serve hot with accompaniments on the side.

Recipe by executive chef Rishikesh Rai of Vivanta New Delhi, Dwarka