Cheater'S Chicken Pho

• For the Soup
• 1 3 lb chicken (giblets removed, patted dry with paper towels)
• 6 whole green onions, halved
• 1 1 inch piece of ginger, crushed
• 6 whole cloves
• Salt
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 16 ounces rice vermicelli or bean thread noodles
• For the Table Salad
• 1 shallot, thinly sliced and fried
• 1/2 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup whole basil leaves
• 1/2 cup whole mint leaves
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
• 1 cup mung bean sprouts
• 1-2 jalapenos, sliced into thin rings
• Lime wedges
• Hoisin, sambal, and fish sauce

1. Place chicken, green onions, ginger, and cloves in slow cooker. Season with salt and pour in enough water to cover. Cook on LOW for 4-6 hours.
2. Once chicken is fully cooked (you can use a pop-up timer, if you like), remove chicken from slow cooker and place in a large bowl of ice water until cool enough to handle. Drain the chicken and place on a work surface. Remove and discard skin, then shred the meat into bite-sized pieces. Set shredded meat aside.
3. Return chicken bones to slow cooker, and continue to cook on HIGH for 30-40 minutes (this is a good time to prepare the table salad, if you haven't already!) Leaving broth in slow cooker, discard bones and strain the broth with a handled mesh strainer or kitchen tongs. Stir in fish sauce and taste broth for seasoning.
4. Add noodles to broth and set slow cooker to warm. Cover and let sit 4-6 minutes, stirring every now and then. Once noodle are cooked, remove them from broth with kitchen tongs and divide among 6 bowls. Top noodles with chicken and then ladle broth over each bowl. Serve with table salad and whatever condiments you fancy.

chicken, green onions, ginger, cloves, salt, fish sauce, rice vermicelli, salad, shallot, cilantro, basil, mint leaves, green onions, bean sprouts, jalapeufos, wedges, hoisin

Taken from food52.com/recipes/70595-cheater-s-chicken-pho (may not work)