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Asian Chicken Soup with Ginger and Noodles
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Asian Chicken Soup with Ginger and Noodles

A hot, healing Asian chicken soup with rice noodles, fresh ginger and a hint of sesame oil.

⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Heat the stock in a pot with the garlic, ginger, soy sauce, salt and black pepper and bring to a boil.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Add the chicken and carrot to the stock. Turn down the heat and simmer 20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked. Remove the chicken and shred it.
    ⚙ SimmeringStoveKnifeCutting board
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  3. 3
    Strain the stock and return it to the pot, over the heat.
    Fine sieveStove
  4. 4
    Cook the noodles in plenty of boiling salted water (4¼ cups of water and a heaping teaspoon of salt for every 4 oz of pasta), following the package directions (taste about 2 minutes early), until al dente.
    ⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot
    💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.
  5. 5
    Drain.
    Colander
  6. 6
    Divide the noodles among the bowls and pour the boiling soup over them.
    Ladle
  7. 7
    Arrange the chicken on top.
  8. 8
    Sprinkle the green onion and cilantro on top.
  9. 9
    Drizzle the sesame oil on top and serve immediately.
418calories
30 gprotein
53 gcarbs
8 gfat
● protein 30%● carbs 52%● fat 18%

Per serving (594 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
  • Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)
  • Ladle · Also works: Measuring cup (Cup) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Slow)

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