Pho (Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup)

Ingredients (24)

• FOR THE CHICKEN STOCK:
• 1 large yellow onion
• 1 3-inch piece ginger
• 7 lbs chicken bones
• 1½ tbsp Kosher salt
• 2 tbsp light brown sugar
• FOR THE FRIED SHALLOTS:
• 4 shallots
• 3 cups canola oil
• FOR THE PHO:
• 1 3 lb whole chicken
• 6 whole scallions
• 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger
• 1 tbsp Kosher salt
• 3 quarts chicken stock
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 16 oz. package dried rice vermicelli
• 1 bunch scallions
• 1½ cups cilantro
• Crispy fried shallots
• Thai, or Chinese basil
• Mung bean sprouts
• Limes
• Jalapenos