Foot and Fire

By GERLIE M. UY My First serving of Pho Ga... The coriander leaves should have been left in the stock while it boils and should not be served.... *Stock 1 native dressed chicken 4 liters water 3 cinnamon sticks 1 stalk Coriander with roots 1 thumb-sized ginger,crushed 3 cube Pho Ga stock (use 1-2 chicken stock) fish sauce 2 liters hot water *Noodles Rice noodles Hot water *Garnish: Chopped spring onions mongo sprouts celery leaves coriander leaves quail eggs calamansi or any citrus (I used dalandan) chili sauce fish sauce How To: Clean whole or sliced chicken and add in 4 liters water in a pot. Add cinnamon sticks, coriander roots and stem with some leaves, and crushed ginger. Let boil until chicken is tender and water is reduced to about half. Remove the chicken and set aside in a bowl. Separate the flesh from bones and sliced into strips, if preferred. Chicken may be served as is. Remove other solids (or leave it with the stock). In a large bowl, place the dried rice noodles. Put ho...

The caramel pork in clay pot -- Carlene's dinner later. <p><p><p> </p></p></p> Another favorite of the Vietnamese aside from the fish sauce is the caramel in their fave meats. Since I am not a pork person, I asked the chef for the alternative and he suggested chicken and warned that beef will not be suitable for the recipe as beef gets dry... Well, I am going to try it on chicken and fish meat for sure. here's the recipe to this popular claypot dish. 100g boneless pork legs, sliced (chicken breased or legs ma...