Vietnamese chicken pho with poached chicken thigh, ginger and star anise broth, rice noodles, Thai basil and lime. The Stockton Boulevard corridor's lighter-bodied pho sibling.

Pho ga, the chicken version of Vietnamese beef pho, traveled to Sacramento with the Stockton Boulevard Vietnamese community after 1975 and became the lighter daytime alternative to pho bo at every counter on the strip. The Sacramento pho ga uses Central Valley free-range chicken simmered for two hours with charred ginger, charred onion and a smaller spice bag than the beef version, lighter on cloves and heavier on coriander. Pho Momma on Folsom Boulevard near Stockton earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand for its pho, and the chicken version is the late-morning order across the corridor. The pho ga garnish plate runs the same as for beef pho: bean sprouts, Thai basil, lime, sliced chillies and sometimes a side of saw-tooth herb the beef version skips.

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