Chicken Noodle Soup
Chinese Chicken Soup Recipes
If you are a fan of Chinese chicken soup recipes, you really ought to try out this recipe. The chicken is marinated before being added to the soup and some of the wonderful oriental ingredients in this chicken soup recipe include ginger, soy sauce, cilantro, rice vinegar and much more besides. Chinese cabbage is used in this Chinese chicken soup. This is a really delicious vegetable and it is also known as Napa cabbage, celery cabbage and Peking cabbage. The leaves are very big so you will need to cut them into bite-size pieces.
There are different kinds of Chinese soup recipes and some are sweet, some are spicy, some are thick and some are thin. There are lots of Chinese flavors available to use in chicken soup recipes and this chicken soup recipe features some of the very best.
In this recipe for Chinese chicken noodle soup, the sherry, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic and more all add plenty of unmistakable eastern flavor. You can adjust the amounts of seasonings that you use, to suit your taste. For example, perhaps you want to use a bit more garlic and leave out some of the sugar. You can adjust the seasonings as you go.
One of the Best Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes
Ingredients -
1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 tablespoons minced ginger
2 tablespoons sesame oil
2 tablespoons dry sherry
3 tablespoons light soy sauce
8 cups chicken broth
3 tablespoons tahini
4 cups Chinese cabbage, chopped
˝ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
14 oz fresh Chinese noodles
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
3 garlic cloves, minced
6 green onions, thinly sliced
1 ˝ tablespoons chili sauce
Preparation:
Cut the chicken crosswise into small strips, and then marinate it in the sherry, soy sauce and half the sesame oil for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Combine the chili sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, sugar, and tahini in another bowl.
Heat the rest of the sesame oil in a soup pot and sauté the green onions and Chinese cabbage until the cabbage is tender.
Add the chicken broth and bring the mixture to a boil.
Add the marinated chicken, along with the marinade.
Turn the heat down to a low simmer and cook until the chicken is tender.
Cook the noodles until tender in a pot of boiling water, following the instructions on the package, then drain them and add them to the chicken soup.
Stir in half the cilantro and add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve the Chinese chicken soup with the remaining cilantro sprinkled over the top.
(Serves 4)
Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup
Nutritional Info:
Calories (kcal): 744
% Calories from Fat: 23.1%
% Calories from Carbohydrates: 55.2%
% Calories from Protein: 21.7%
Per Serving Nutritional Information:
Total Fat (g): 19g 29%
Saturated Fat (g): 3g 17%
Monounsaturated Fat (g): 7g 32%
Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 7g 30%
Cholesterol (mg): 69mg 23%
Total Carbohydrate (g): 100g 33%
Dietary Fiber (g): 3g 14%
Protein (g): 39g 79%
Sodium (mg): 2389mg 100%
Potassium (mg): 835mg 24%
Calcium (mg): 190mg 19%
Iron (mg): 6mg 32%
Zinc (mg): 2mg 16%
Vitamin C (mg): 34mg 56%
Vitamin A (i.u.): 1660IU 33%
Vitamin A (r.e.): 69RE 7%
Vitamin B6 (mg): .6mg 32%
Vitamin B12 (mcg): .8mcg 13%
Thiamin B1 (mg): .3mg 23%
Riboflavin B2 (mg): .3mg 17%
Folacin (mcg): 44mcg 11%
Niacin (mg): 19mg 96%
