Chicken noodle soup

Chicken noodle soup

Mary Cadogan's aromatic broth will warm you up on a winter's evening - it contains ginger, which is particularly good for colds, too

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Low-fat

Method

  1. Pour the stock into a pan and add the chicken, ginger and garlic. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, partly cover and simmer for 20 mins, until the chicken is tender. Remove the chicken to a board and shred into bite-size pieces using a couple of forks.
  2. Return the chicken to the stock with the noodles, corn, mushrooms, half the spring onions and the soy sauce. Simmer for 3-4 mins until the noodles are tender. Ladle into two bowls and scatter over the remaining spring onions, herbs and chilli shreds if using. Serve with extra soy sauce for sprinkling.
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Make it vegetarian

Replace the chicken with 175g/6oz firm tofu cut into cubes, simmer for 5 mins, then add the other ingredients as before.

Per serving

217 kcalories, protein 26g, carbohydrate 26g, fat 2 g, saturated fat 0.4g, fibre 0.6g, sugar 1g, salt 2.52 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2006.

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  • 01 February 2011

    Ally rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    My family all really enjoyed this soup, although having read some of the comments I doubled the chicken and noodles. I personally found it a little bland and so added some chilli flakes to spice it up! I served it with prawn crackers and it went down a storm.

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  • 01 February 2011

    Trace rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made the soup tonight, was really nice.

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  • 07 February 2011

    JessicaLeigh rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Added extra ginger and it was delicious. Next time will add some lemongrass too.

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  • 15 February 2011

    SCOOB commented on this recipe

    Tasty soup. Needed to add five hundred more mls of chicken stock to it. Also one tsp of soya sauce would probably be enough as it overpowered the delicate flavor of the ginger.

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  • 17 February 2011

    Menapian rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yes Yes YES! Well done Mary. Another triumph against all the odds. Superb.

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  • 27 February 2011

    OctoberSun rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Love it! My cold cure every time!

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  • 16 March 2011

    faye500 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very nice and people asked for seconds. I put a little more stock and used sharwoods spicy noodles to give it a little kick

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  • 17 March 2011

    lovemyfood rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is the nicest chicken noodle soup I've ever made or had. Went down nicely with my 2 poorly kids last night and I swear they are better this morning! I did double all the ingredients though and have some left over for lunch. Also, I used little vermicelli which the kids loved.

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  • 03 April 2011

    claramunchalot rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yipee very easy to make and yummo. The boyfriend rated 9 out 10. Will make again.

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  • 11 April 2011

    sockandjam rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My 10 year old son made this for everyone, it was very tasty indeed and very easy to make.

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  • 25 April 2011

    Foodie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just Finished making this soup as wanted to have it for tomorrow nights dinner (as some of u suggested it's better the 2nd day) well I have just tasted it and WOW. Bloody handsome!!! I added one deserved red chilli at the Ginger an garlic stage and 1 more spring onion and coriander at the end! I've only had a spoonful so far but I just know it would cure any cold! Thank u so much for a fantastic, easy recipe. Also I used rice noodles an had to soak them first so didn't take up my stock as previously mentioned! X

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  • 10 May 2011

    xsally90 rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 19 May 2011

    millw08 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love this recipe. Chicken soup is pretty much the only soup I eat so I was glad this tasted fantastic. The rest of the family liked it to.

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  • 15 June 2011

    PINKYPERKY rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe is delicious. I added a small amount of chilli to mine also. I couldn't use mushrooms as I cannot eat them, however pack with spring onions, sweetcorn, ginger, basil and it is really warming and delicious, use extra chicken and rice noodles to make a meal out of it.

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  • 19 June 2011

    Billy_1976 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, I would recommend this recipie to everybody, simple to cook and tastes excellent. It's Wagamama at home!

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  • 21 June 2011

    fiona rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, healthy, cheap and filling! Couldn't really taste the ginger or soy sauce so added more and added some carrot peelings for another colourful veggie and coriander to enhance the eastern flavour. Shredded chicken was a lovely texture. This could easily be adapted to suit aromatic chinese or fresh british flavours - definately a weeknight staple for me now.

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  • 12 July 2011

    Stevey commented on this recipe

    Most recipes I try go wrong but this one turned out really tasty! Thoroughly recommended, especially for those of us who are rubbish at cooking!

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  • 12 July 2011

    Stevey rated this recipe

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  • 23 July 2011

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  • 27 July 2011

    charlotte_leah rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Perfect with the addition of a red chilli.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 900ml chicken or vegetable stock (or Miso soup mix)
  • 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast , about 175g/6oz
  • 1 tsp chopped fresh root ginger
  • 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
  • 50g rice or wheat noodles
  • 2 tbsp sweetcorn , canned or frozen
  • 2-3 mushrooms , thinly sliced
  • 2 spring onions , shredded
  • 2 tsp soy sauce , plus extra for serving
  • mint or basil leaves and a little shredded chilli (optional), to serve
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Per serving

217 kcalories, protein 26g, carbohydrate 26g, fat 2 g, saturated fat 0.4g, fibre 0.6g, sugar 1g, salt 2.52 g

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