Simple Slow Cooker Pho is super easy. This cheater recipe saves you money, no need for takeout.
Vietnamese pho is such a great meal for any night of the week. Who wouldn’t welcome a bowl of noodle soup?
A savoury broth with the flavours of star anise, cloves, and cinnamon, with a touch of fish sauce.
RECIPE and INSTRUCTIONS for this homemade pho are at the bottom of this post.
I love Asian takeout. Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, all so full of flavour. Since I love cooking at home, making some of these wonderful dishes is a fun way to travel the world without leaving the kitchen.
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Can You Cook Pho In The Slow Cooker?
YES! This really is a simple soup to make, and the perfect crockpot dinner recipe.
The broth, chicken and shrimp are all prepared in the slow cooker. The noodles and bean sprouts are the only things you need to make on the side.
Slow Cooker Pho Ingredients
- chicken breasts
- chicken stock
- brown sugar
- *(affiliate) fish sauce
- tamari sauce
- cinnamon stick, star anise, and whole cloves
- cooked shrimp
- bok choy
- fresh basil
- lime
- jalapeno
- *(affiliate) Sriracha sauce
- *(affiliate) rice noodles
- bean sprouts
How To Make Chicken Pho In The Slow Cooker
- Just like all slow cooker recipes, this pho soup is no exception.
- Lightly coat the slow cooker with cooking spray.
- Place the chicken breasts into the slow cooker.
- Combine the stock, fish sauce and seasonings, and pour over chicken breasts.
- Cook on low for 9 hours.
- Prepare shrimp and bok choy (see instructions in recipe card), and add to the pot.
- Continue to cook for 30 minutes.
- Remove chicken, shred and return to pot.
- Prepare rice noodles according to directions on the package.
Recipe Tips
- I love chicken and shrimp so I decided to use both in this pho soup. You can make this a chicken only version if you like. You can also use chicken thighs for this recipe.
- Thai basil is not always easy to find, so you can use whatever fresh basil you can find at the grocery store (or your garden).
- For the rice noodles, I chose the kind you would find in Pad Thai. I cooked them ahead of time and placed them in the fridge.
- I blanched my bean sprouts (some people prefer to eat them raw).
- For pho toppings, I used jalapenos and Thai basil. Nuts like cashews or peanuts would be a great option too. Also, you might consider sliced snap peas or bell peppers.
Is Pho Healthy?
I guess it depends on what YOU class as healthy. For some people, it may be high on sodium because of the fish sauce, but you could adjust the amount you use.
It contains rice noodles (that are gluten-free). Protein from the chicken and shrimp. You get some veggies from the bok choy and bean sprouts.
Vietnamese noodle soup is a tasty dish that acts as a main course. Just like noodle bowls.
Pho in the crockpot is easy and totally delicious. Perfect for any night of the week. Better than takeout. Hope you give it a try soon.
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Vietnamese Slow Cooker Pho
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken breasts (skinless/boneless)
- 8 cups chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoons tamari sauce
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 10 star anise
- 2 inch piece of fresh ginger (peeled and sliced)
- 6 whole cloves
- 1 pound frozen cooked shrimp (thawed/tail on)
- 4 cups baby bok choy (chopped)
- ½ cup Thai basil (roughly chopped)
- 2 jalapenos (sliced)
- 1 lime (quartered)
- Sriracha sauce (as needed)
- 12 ounces Pad Thai noodles (pre cooked)
- 12 ounces Fresh bean sprouts (raw or blanched)
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts in slow cooker.
- Combine stock, fish sauce, cinnamon, star anise, ginger, cloves, tamari, and brown sugar.
- Pour over chicken breasts.
- Cook on low for 9 hours.
- Roughly chop bok choy.
- Rinse and dry shrimp.
- Remove chicken breasts from slow cooker along with the cinnamon stick, cloves, and star anise.
- Add bok choy and shrimp to the slow cooker.
- Replace lid, turn slow cooker to high and cook for 30 minutes.
- At this point, you can blanch the bean sprouts in boiling water. If you are eating them raw, be sure to RINSE thoroughly.
- Shred the cooked chicken breasts.
- Return shredded chicken to pot and heat for a few minutes.
- Place noodles in bowls, ladle broth, garnish with jalapenos, basil, Sriracha and bean sprouts.
- ENJOY!
Nutrition Information
Cheese Curd In Paradise
Pho is one of my favorite meals. The broth is so rich and full of flavor. I would love to try this beautiful version at home! It is perfect for cold night snuggled up with a movie after I put the kids to bed.
Homemade & Yummy
Homemade soup is delicious, especially in this cold winter months. Hope you give this recipe a try.
Amanda
I’m with you on the slow cooker. It’s definitely one of my favorite kitchen toys. With all the snow we recently got, this pho sounds perfect. I’ll have to give it a go this week!
Homemade & Yummy
Me too, we are in for some cold weather and a dump of snow. This is just the thing to make things better.
Kelly Anthony
I had pho for the first time a couple of weeks ago and fell in love. Excited to try this recipe and make my very own at home. Thanks for sharing!
Homemade & Yummy
Pho is so delicious. This is such an easy recipe. Hope you give it a try.
Nicole
Someone knows the way to my heart because Pho is one of my favorite soups. The fact that I now can make this soup in a crockpot is even more perfect. Thank you soooooo much!
Homemade & Yummy
I know, and I really need to make this again. Sounds like my plan for the weekend. As I read the comments, my tummy is craving this soup.
Sam | Ahead of Thyme
Wow, your pho looks amazing! I love how easy this is to make in the slow cooker. Can’t wait to surprise my hubby!
Homemade & Yummy
He will love it for sure, and now I need to make some this weekend for us too. ENJOY!
Donna
Slow cookers are the best, it is the nicest feeling knowing that dinner is cooking away while you get something else done. I have never made pho in the slow cooker before, and as huge pho fans I am going to have to change that. This is great, what a fantastic way to free up time and still get a big bowl of comfort on the table for dinner.
Homemade & Yummy
I LOVE my slow cooker. I have not jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon…but the slow cooker is magic in the kitchen.
Claire | The Simple, Sweet Life
My husband absolutely loves pho, but I never realized you could make it in a slow cooker. He’s going to be so excited when I make this for him later this week! 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
Yes, he will love this for sure. I know my hubby does too. He is asking for more. I need to make some this weekend.
Lorie
Well I’m going to win the best wife award when I make this! I just got an instant pot but I’m still a slow cooker fan over it so thank you for this!!
Homemade & Yummy
I have not jumped to the Instant Pot…I LOVE my slow cooker…FOREVER!! Enjoy, I need to make this again soon too.
Kiki Johnson
Pho is my personal favorite for the month of January when I tend to feel like a bloated walrus after all that Christmas indulgence! Cannot wait to try your slow cooker version! It sounds delish!
Homemade & Yummy
I know, and this is so easy and delicious. ENJOY!
lauren
Pho is on my list of recipes to try at home this year! A slow cooker option is so nice to have. I love when you can come home and not have to even think about dinner.
Homemade & Yummy
Me too…so easy and delicious. Perfect for comfort food season all winter long.
Jessica
This Pho looks delicious and there’s nothing better in this cold days to come back home from work and find a ready comforting noodle soup in the slow cooker!
Homemade & Yummy
I am a noodle lover, and this soup is super delicious.
Tammy
I absolutely love Pho and this slow-cooker version is pretty genius! I have to give this a try. Yours looks delicious with the shrimp and chicken!
Homemade & Yummy
I love this recipe…and it reminds me that I need to make a huge pot of this soon. My kids have been asking for it. Hope you give this recipe a try.
georgie
pho is one of my favorite dishes! we make it often at home but I didn’t even know you could make it in a slow cooker! I’ll definitely have to try this method!
Homemade & Yummy
I love using my slow cooker. So easy…and so delicious. This is a great soup that always turns out. A family favorite for sure.
Kelly Anthony
Up until recently, I was all about the Dutch oven, but I’m coming around to the slow cooker these days. The light bulb finally came on 😉 Thanks for the great recipe!
Homemade & Yummy
Well I LOVE my dutch oven too. In fact I have 2. The slow cooker has got to be one of the best kitchen inventions EVER!!
Charity
Pho is such a great winter soup. I’ve never tried making it in a slow cooker but it’s such a great idea!
Homemade & Yummy
This is a super easy and delicious recipe. I need to make a batch soon. Perfect for comfort food season. And we are right in the middle of it.