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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  • 14 May 2012

    MegCatB rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic, easy, healthy. To cut down on carbs (I'm on a diet) I used angel hair sized tofu noodles and added baby bok choy and omitted sweet corn. In the future I'll probably add the corn back in :-)

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  • 25 June 2012

    Sue's stuff commented on this recipe

    I have made this many times now, with great success.

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  • 25 June 2012

    Sue's stuff commented on this recipe

    I have made this many times with great success. My only adjustment to the recipe is that I blend the garlic and ginger with a little water to make a paste rather than chopping it up.

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  • 25 June 2012

    Tracey commented on this recipe

    this is a fabulous soup with gorgeous flavours,will definitely be making it again.

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  • 11 July 2012

    ram2011 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fab soup, used less stock. Highly recommended.

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  • 25 July 2012

    MichelleCoulter85 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Gorgeous

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  • 30 July 2012

    shedley commented on this recipe

    I was making this to take to my dad and ended up having to make double once my partner smelled it! It was really tastey while not being overly complicated. I added chillies to the broth to give it an extra kick and that worked really well. I do think it is meant to serve 2 though - one chicken breast wouldnt go near serving 4 in my house!

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  • 20 August 2012

    liamdorts commented on this recipe

    Absolutely beautiful soups, and so easy to make. This has become one of our weekly favs!

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  • 20 August 2012

    liamdorts rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Forgot to rate it.

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  • 25 September 2012

    Loobielou rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So simple and really good comfort food on an Autumn evening!

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  • 26 September 2012

    nathanmark.williamson rated this recipe

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  • 27 September 2012

    raoulamy rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I thought this soup was lovely. It's a great recipe for using up roast chicken leftovers. I'd already made a chicken stock with meat shredded, so I fried 1 tbsp chopped ginger, 2 chillies and 2 cloves of garlic briefly in sesame oil. Then sizzled a good splash of rice wine in the pan before adding the stock. I also added 1 chopped Pak choi. It was just about enough for 2 but there was less chicken than in the recipe.

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  • 27 September 2012

    raoulamy commented on this recipe

    I thought this soup was lovely. It's a great recipe for using up roast chicken leftovers. I'd already made a chicken stock with meat shredded, so I fried 1 tbsp chopped ginger, 2 chillies and 2 cloves of garlic briefly in sesame oil. Then sizzled a good splash of rice wine in the pan before adding the stock. I also added 1 chopped Pak choi and fresh coriander. It was just about enough for 2, definitely wouldn't feed 4 here!

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  • 12 October 2012

    Sarah C rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe is the business! Thank you! I didn't have mint or basil to hand, but it was perfect without.

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  • 13 October 2012

    Granny C rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent tasty recipe. My husband made it as I was suffering from a bad cold and had lost my appetite and it really made me feel better!

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  • 16 October 2012

    dmo_thfc commented on this recipe

    Best dish for my manflu...

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  • 16 October 2012

    danja rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! Added a spoon full of tom yum paste which gave the soup an even better taste

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  • 17 October 2012

    TrayPot rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum, yum, yum! I made this for myself and my husband, we both gobbled it up. The kids got a sniff of it and asked to try some too...they also demolished it! Absolutely delicious and so cheap to make!

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  • 19 October 2012

    LRB114 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yummy!x

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  • 20 October 2012

    PAULINE rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I added extra chicken and mushrooms to make it more filling. Very tasty and easy to make and was just as good the next day. Will make it again.

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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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