Tuesday, 4 June 2013

17. Get well soon chicken noodle soup


I believe the cure to end all colds, flu's, aches and a bad day at the office can be solved by chicken noodle soup. This recipe has come about through a few varieties but I feel I have finally nailed it. The wonderful thing about this recipe is not only its simplistic assemblage of wholesome ingredients, but the taste is of a good bowl of comfort food. If there were ever a soup which could reach out and hug you better, this is the one.

Ingredients

500gm of free range chicken thigh/breast or tenderloins
Vegetable oil
2 packets of 200gm Bento instant Udon noodles
1 punch of Buk Choy
1 shallot
4 cm piece of fresh ginger
1 large clove of organic garlic
50ml of soy sauce
2 tsp of sesame oil
sesame seeds
fresh chili's, as many or as little as you like
1 litre of salt reduced Vegetable stock
black peppercorns and ground white pepper




1* Fry up the chicken pieces in batches til browned in the vegetable oil

2* Chop the shallot, garlic and ginger really fine and brown in frying pan.

3* Add garlic, ginger, shallot and chicken to a large saucepan, cover with stock and bring to boil.

4* Add Buk choy, soy sauce, sesame seeds oil and udon noodles

5*  Add the sliced chili to top the soup, simmer and season with salt and pepper to taste







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