Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Thai Chicken Noodle Soup

After too much take out and cheap restaurants, it has felt so good to cook again!  We have been in our new home about 6 weeks; it was time to let this kitchen know what I like to do...cook!  I have a couple new recipes to post, so let's see if I can get them up over the next couple days!

The first is from this weekend.  We had friends over who don't mind when I experiment on them.  My first Thai dishes...YUM!  All four of us pretty much licked our plates and bowls clean!  This soup is such a great, light, refreshing flavor!  And, it was easy and quick!  A must to fix again and to highly recommend to you!


- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 poblano or anaheim peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup shredded carrots (I used the packaged broccoli slaw mix; it was great too!)
- 6 cups, 1 1/2 quarts chicken broth
- 1 1/2 pounds chicken, cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 small bundles from a 3.75 oz package of bean noodles (recommended:  Kame)  [I found these at Harris Teeter in the Asian food section.]
- 3 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped
- 15 fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
- 1 lime

Heat a  large soup pot with vegetable oil over high heat.  Cook the chicken through and then transfer to a plate.  Add the sliced onions, chopped garlic, and sliced peppers to the pot.  Season the vegetables with salt and pepper and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes.  Add the carrots and chicken broth.  Cover with a lid and bring to a simmer.  Once simmering, return chicken to the pot.  Simmer 5 minutes.  Then add bean noodles and simmer 5 more minutes.  Remove the soup from the heat.  Add the basil, cilantro, and juice from one lime.

Yum!  An easy and tasty addition to the recipe box!

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