Vietnamese Chicken Rice Soup with Herbs
A looser, brothier rice soup with shredded chicken, fish sauce, and a mound of fresh herbs on top.
- Serves
- 4
- Total time
- 55 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $15.56
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 lb boneless chicken thighs
- 3/4 cup jasmine rice
- 8 cup chicken broth
- 1 1/2 oz fresh ginger root
- 1 yellow onions
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 bunch green onions / scallions
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 2 lime
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Method
Toast the rinsed rice in the oil in a heavy pot for 3 minutes, stirring, until the grains turn chalky white.
Add the broth, sliced ginger, halved onion, and the chicken thighs. Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer.
After 20 minutes lift out the chicken, shred it with two forks, and set it aside.
Keep simmering 25 minutes more, stirring now and then, until the rice breaks down but the soup stays pourable rather than stiff.
Return the chicken, season with fish sauce, and adjust with water if it has thickened too far.
Ladle into bowls and top with a lot of scallion and cilantro, a hard squeeze of lime, and coarse black pepper.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $62.23 | $15.56 | 10 of 11 ingredients |
| United Kingdom | £34.81 | £8.70 | 10 of 11 ingredients |
| Australia | $92.79 | $23.20 | 10 of 11 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $87.61 | $21.90 | 10 of 11 ingredients |
| Canada | $116.30 | $29.08 | 9 of 11 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٩٦٩٫٩٣ ج.م. | ٢٤٢٫٤٨ ج.م. | 8 of 11 ingredients |
| Greece | 26,52 €* | 6,63 € | 7 of 11 ingredients |
| Germany | 23,36 €* | 5,84 € | 7 of 11 ingredients |
| Mexico | $1,053.93* | $263.48 | 7 of 11 ingredients |
| Austria | € 33,96* | € 8,49 | 6 of 11 ingredients |
| Spain | 14,38 €* | 3,60 € | 5 of 11 ingredients |
* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.
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