Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup
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Author Notes: This is a very healthy chicken noodle soup that is full of flavour. This dish consists of rice noodles in a delicious chicken broth flavoured by a combination of spices such as cinnamon, star anise, cloves, and cardamom. - Bintu
Food52 Review: It must have been fate that I found this recipe contest the day after I came down with a whopping cold. This soup offers a lovely, subtly-spiced twist on traditional chicken noodle that made me feel better after just one bowl! I used much more than a pinch of salt and pepper, and several dashes of fish sauce. Lime is essential as a garnish. Rich and flavorful, this is definitely going to be my new flu-season standard! - lazychef
Serves 4
- 2 black cardamom pods
- 1 cinammon stick
- 3 whole star anise
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 20 cloves
- 2 onions
- 2 shallots
- 1 piece ginger (about 30g)
- 1 whole chicken
- 3 liters water
- 1 dash fish sauce to taste
- 1 pinch sugar (optional)
- 1 pinch black pepper (to taste)
- 1 pinch salt (to taste)
- 1.3 pounds cooked rice noodles
- 1 packet bean sprouts
- Split open the cardamom pods and toast them with the cinnamon, star anise, coriander and cloves for about 2 minutes, stirring all the time so they do not burn.
- Put spices in a spice bag, seal, and set aside.
- Char the spring onions, shallots and ginger (with their skins on) for about 5 minutes. Then peel and set them aside.
- Fill a large stock pot with water and bring to a boil.
- Put the whole chicken in the boiling water and boil it for 7 minutes.
- You will probably get some foam from the chicken floating on the surface. Remove the chicken, discard the water, and wipe the pot clean of the foam.
- Return the stockpot to the heat and add in 3 litres of boiling water, the chicken, and the prepared shallots, ginger and onions.
- Bring everything back to a boil and then reduce heat to a simmer with the lid off.
- After about 20 minutes, remove the chicken, carve off the breasts, slice them, and set them aside.
- Return the rest of the chicken to the stock pot and simmer uncovered for a further 20 minutes
- Add the spice bag into the broth and simmer for another 20 minutes.
- Strain the broth and discard the vegetables, spices, and chicken carcass.
- Return broth to the pot and adjust seasoning to taste. Add in fish sauce and sugar (if using). Then, switch off the heat.
- Quickly blanch noodles and bean sprouts in boiling water to soften them.
- Layer food in the bowl in this order: bean sprouts, noodles, chicken breast, and cover these with the broth.
- Sprinkle over some black pepper and add toppings of your choice. These can include chopped chiles, cilantro, spring onions, basil, mint, red onion, lime wedges and yellow bean sauce.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Noodle Soups
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about 1 month ago Bintu
Whoooooo hoooooo. Excited that this recipe is a community pick. Thank you masses.
about 1 month ago Bintu
Thanks Kitchen Butterfly. I am very glad you tried it. What did you do with the chicken carcass?
about 1 month ago Kitchen Butterfly
From kitchen butterflies youngest daughter: Tonight I made this wonderful dish, but I didn't add so many cloves and I added some lemon grass. When I made the dish I was burning hot, even my mom was sweating. Next time I make the soup I'll surely keep the air conditioner on. The soup was sweet although I didn't throw away the chicken carcass because it would be a waste of money. Thanks Bintu
4 months ago boulangere
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
This looks utterly wonderful!
4 months ago Bintu
Thank you boulangere
4 months ago boulangere
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
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