Vietnamese Chicken Pho soup (Pho Ga)

Bahan-bahan (4 porsi)

• 1 tbsp oil (, vegetable or canola (or other plain oil))
• 2 onions (, halved (skin on fine))
• 5 cm/ 2" piece of ginger (, sliced 0.75cm / 1/3" thick (unpeeled))
• 2 litres / 2 quarts water
• 1.5 kg / 3 lb chicken thighs, bone in skin on ((Note 1))
• 1 small bunch coriander/cilantro ((Note 2))
• 5 star anise pods ((was short in photo & video!))
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 clove s
• 2 tsp fennel seeds
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 8 tsp fish sauce
• 6 tsp white sugar
• 3/4 tsp salt ((Cooking/kosher salt, or 1/2 tsp table salt))
• 360 g / 13 oz dried rice noodles (, thin flat (or 600g fresh))
• 2 g reen onions stems (, finely sliced)
• 3 cups bean sprouts ((Note 3))
• 1 small bunch EACH Thai Basil, min, coriander/cilantro ((Note 4))
• 2 limes (, cut into 4 wedges)
• Hoisin sauce
• Sriracha
• Red chillies (, finely sliced (optional))