Cook a Chinese-inspired chicken noodle soup in just over half-an-hour for a hearty dinner. Using pickled ginger and leftover roast chicken makes it special
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal265
- fat4g
- saturates1g
- carbs30g
- sugars7g
- fibre5g
- protein19g
- salt1.8g
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp honey
Honey
huh-neeHoney is made by bees from the nectar they collect from flowers. Viscous and fragrant, it's…
- 3 tbsp dark soy
- 1 red chilli, sliced
- 1l chicken stock (ideally from our pot-roast recipe)
- 80g leftover roast chicken (optional)
Chicken
chik-enChicken's many plus points - its versatility, as well as the ease and speed with which it…
- 20g pickled pink ginger or normal ginger, peeled and finely sliced
- ½ Chinese cabbage, shredded
- 300g pouch straight-to-wok thick noodles
- 4 spring onions, sliced
Spring onion
sp-ring un-yunAlso known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…
Method
Drizzle the honey over the base of a large saucepan and bubble briefly to a caramel, then splash in the soy, bubble, add half the chilli and the chicken stock and simmer for 5 mins.
Add the chicken, if using, and ginger, and simmer for another 5 mins. Stir in the cabbage and noodles and cook until just wilted and the noodles have heated through. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle over the remaining chilli and the spring onions.
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