white girl pho

I have to share a recipe DH and I made last night! This is a variation on a Southeast Asian recipe called Pho (prounounced fuh as far as i know) Good quality organic chicken broth - 1 qt or more depending on crowd to feed smashed garlic heads...as many as you like I used 4 huge ones smashed lemon grass stalk - 3 of them (go buy this at an asian market or grow it if you live in a hot dry area like i do) chunks of fresh ginger - about 2 inches of a fat chunk smashed kafir lime leaves if you have them (we didn't but this would have been good, too) Simmer above for at least a half hour.Strain or fish out all the chunks of stuff before serving Pour boiling hot liquid over your choice of the following (we prepped all of these and put our personal choices in a large bowl to be covered with the broth): -skinny asian noodles (could have been cooked brown rice too) -finely chopped baby bok choy - tiny juliennes of red bell -thin slice mushrooms or chopped fine - chopped fine jalapeno - chopped fine cilantro - dry sauteed shrimp (could have been baked chunks of chicken, lean pork or fish, too) - tiny julienne frsh zuccini - chopped fine carrot - chopped fine green onion - fresh lime squeezed over your bowl!!! All the leftovers were put away in the remaining broth...yum for soup tomorrow!!!!

No lie-- thought you meant "White Girl Fro."

Me too!