"It [soup] is to a dinner what a portico or a peristyle is to a building; that is to say, it is not only the first part of it, but it must be devised in such a manner as to set the tone of the whole banquet, in the same way as the overture of an opera announces the subject of the work." ~ Grimod de la Reynière.
Reynière was right you know, given that most people will automatically condition their minds about the taste and quality of a meal depending solely on how good or bad the opening soup is. But not all soups are solely appetizers. Some soups are so filling in themselves that if you have them at the beginning of a meal, you'll not be able to eat the rest of the meal. For instance, I feel chicken noodle soups are exceptionally filling. Just a bowlful and you're done for at least 2-3 hours. Some chicken soup preparations can even substitute for dinner! Besides, from the preparation point of view as well, a basic chicken soup recipe is not at all difficult to make. So, just by the addition of noodles, as an ingredient, it cannot possibly become greatly difficult to prepare. So, let us see some such good and wholesome quick and easy chicken noodle soup recipes.
Homemade Easy Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes
Basic Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
A bowlful of warm chicken noodle soup can provide immense relief to people tolled down by a bout of violent cough and cold. So, it was fondly referred to as 'Jewish penicillin' by the people of the Ashkenazic Jewish culture. So, even you can churn this for your family and friends on a cold wintry night! You can even freeze homamade chicken noodle soup up, store it in the fridge and thaw and consume for a period of three months! For a cozy sixsome, you will need to have on you,
Heat the vegetable oil in a crock pot and throw in the carrots, celery stalks and onion. Sauté for round about 10-12 min minutes until the onion is all translucent. Next add the chicken pieces to it, along with the broth and then pour in enough water to submerge everything and yet have a 2"water layer on top. Now let is come to a thorough boil. You shall have to repeatedly remove the froth that keeps appearing on top and then throw in ¾ of the total parsley, the bay leaf and the thyme. Now decrease the flame to low and allow the broth to slowly boil for the next 1½ hours.
When you know that the chicken's fully cooked, remove it from the croak pot and allow it to cool. Spoon out the herbs as well as the bay leaf from the soup and also remove the oil and the fat from the chicken. Now move to boning and skinning the chicken pieces and then cube them into smaller chunks. Now initiate the noodles to the broth and start the flame again and allow the noodles to soften. Add the chicken chunks to the soup again and mizzle salt and pepper from top, as per the calls of your taste bids. Garnish with the remaining fresh parsley. Serve piping hot with soy sauce, green chili soaked vinegar and some chili sauce if you like.
Quick and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe for Kids
When all you chiquitas are too busy to spend hours in the kitchen and have a hungry, home bound kid to feed in just 30 minutes, concoct this totally awesome variety of chicken noodle soup! All you've got to gather is,
Heat the butter in a saucepan and sauté the onions and celery shreds in it for 5-6 minutes, until they soften. Add the broths to this, followed by the chicken chunks, the egg noodles, veggies, herbs and the seasoning. Bring it to a quick boil and then let it simmer for like 5-7 minutes or until you've got the desired consistency. Serve hot after garnishing with some fresh parsley choppings.
Finally, I shall give you my favorite and easy chicken noodle soup recipe. It's one of the four variations of the Tibetan noodle soup called Thukpa. While the three other types are called then-thuk, pathug and drethug, what I'll talk about today goes by the name of gya-thuk or noodle soup.
Gya-thuk or Tibetan Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
You can use beef, pork and mutton instead of chicken in this recipe as well. For a group of four hungry eaters, you must have in your kitchen counter,
In a sauce pan, heat the oil and then throw in the ginger, garlic and the onions. Sauté for 2-3 minutes and then throw in the chicken chunks. Keep stirring occasionally until the chunks are cooked and brownish in color. Mizzle salt and pepper to your preferable degree and the remove from the flame. Now in a crock pot, bring the both to a vigorous boil and then add the cabbage and carrot to it. The veggies must soften but yet be a little crisp on biting. Now add the spinach and stir for 2 minutes. Add some salt to this. Allow it to simmer and in the meantime segregate the noodles into 4 deep bottomed bowls. On this ladle out equal amounts of the meat fry and veggies. By now the broth will be thick and done, so, with the help of a big serving spoon, pour some broth into each bowl. Make sue that you slowly pour the broth from one single side of the bowl until it covers the noodles and the meat. Then gently cover the bowls for like 5 minutes and serve piping hot. Don't forget to blow before you gorge it down! Some people also add prawns and other sea yields to this.
So, their you have 3 pretty easy chicken noodle soup recipes that will not engage you in the kitchen for very long really. These recipes do pack in a lot of proteins from the meat and of course the goodness of the veggies. You can even initiate some twist by sprinkling a spoonful of cheese shavings from top. So, drink it up deeply and enjoy that swishing warmth spread over your body from the first mouthful itself!!!
Reynière was right you know, given that most people will automatically condition their minds about the taste and quality of a meal depending solely on how good or bad the opening soup is. But not all soups are solely appetizers. Some soups are so filling in themselves that if you have them at the beginning of a meal, you'll not be able to eat the rest of the meal. For instance, I feel chicken noodle soups are exceptionally filling. Just a bowlful and you're done for at least 2-3 hours. Some chicken soup preparations can even substitute for dinner! Besides, from the preparation point of view as well, a basic chicken soup recipe is not at all difficult to make. So, just by the addition of noodles, as an ingredient, it cannot possibly become greatly difficult to prepare. So, let us see some such good and wholesome quick and easy chicken noodle soup recipes.
Homemade Easy Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes
Basic Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
A bowlful of warm chicken noodle soup can provide immense relief to people tolled down by a bout of violent cough and cold. So, it was fondly referred to as 'Jewish penicillin' by the people of the Ashkenazic Jewish culture. So, even you can churn this for your family and friends on a cold wintry night! You can even freeze homamade chicken noodle soup up, store it in the fridge and thaw and consume for a period of three months! For a cozy sixsome, you will need to have on you,
- Chicken, 3-4 pounds (cut into 4 pieces with fat)
- Egg noodles, 1 cup
- Carrots, 2 (medium, cleaned and cut breadth wise into ¼" chunks)
- Celery stalks, 1½ (sliced breadth wise into ¼" chunks)
- Onions, 1 (minced)
- Parsley, yield of 2 sprigs
- Thyme, yield of 1½ sprigs
- Chicken broth, 1 quart (low sodium variety)
- Water, ½ quart (chilled)
- Bay leaf, 1
- Vegetable oil, 1 tbsp.
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Heat the vegetable oil in a crock pot and throw in the carrots, celery stalks and onion. Sauté for round about 10-12 min minutes until the onion is all translucent. Next add the chicken pieces to it, along with the broth and then pour in enough water to submerge everything and yet have a 2"water layer on top. Now let is come to a thorough boil. You shall have to repeatedly remove the froth that keeps appearing on top and then throw in ¾ of the total parsley, the bay leaf and the thyme. Now decrease the flame to low and allow the broth to slowly boil for the next 1½ hours.
When you know that the chicken's fully cooked, remove it from the croak pot and allow it to cool. Spoon out the herbs as well as the bay leaf from the soup and also remove the oil and the fat from the chicken. Now move to boning and skinning the chicken pieces and then cube them into smaller chunks. Now initiate the noodles to the broth and start the flame again and allow the noodles to soften. Add the chicken chunks to the soup again and mizzle salt and pepper from top, as per the calls of your taste bids. Garnish with the remaining fresh parsley. Serve piping hot with soy sauce, green chili soaked vinegar and some chili sauce if you like.
Quick and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe for Kids
When all you chiquitas are too busy to spend hours in the kitchen and have a hungry, home bound kid to feed in just 30 minutes, concoct this totally awesome variety of chicken noodle soup! All you've got to gather is,
- Chicken breast, 1½ oz. (cooked and minced)
- Egg noodles, ¼ cup
- Chicken broth, 2/3 of a 14.5 oz. can
- Vegetable broth, 2 oz.
- Carrots, 2 tbsp. and 2 tsp. (finely slivered)
- Onion, 1 tbsp. and 1 tsp. (finely cut)
- Celery, 1 tbsp. and 1 tsp. (shredded)
- Butter, ½ tsp.
- Oregano herb, 1/8 tsp.
- Basil herb, 1/8 tsp.
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Heat the butter in a saucepan and sauté the onions and celery shreds in it for 5-6 minutes, until they soften. Add the broths to this, followed by the chicken chunks, the egg noodles, veggies, herbs and the seasoning. Bring it to a quick boil and then let it simmer for like 5-7 minutes or until you've got the desired consistency. Serve hot after garnishing with some fresh parsley choppings.
Finally, I shall give you my favorite and easy chicken noodle soup recipe. It's one of the four variations of the Tibetan noodle soup called Thukpa. While the three other types are called then-thuk, pathug and drethug, what I'll talk about today goes by the name of gya-thuk or noodle soup.
Gya-thuk or Tibetan Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
You can use beef, pork and mutton instead of chicken in this recipe as well. For a group of four hungry eaters, you must have in your kitchen counter,
- Chicken, 200 gm. (boneless and thickly shredded)
- Egg noodles, 400 gm. (cooked in salty water, drained)
- Chicken stock, 4 liters (clear and strongly flavored)
- Spinach, 200 gm. (finely sliced)
- Cabbage, 150 gm. (finely shredded)
- Scallions, 4 (finely chopped)
- Carrot, 1 (large and cut into thin slices breadth wise)
- Ginger root, ½" piece (minced)
- Garlic cloves, 4 (minced)
- Oil. 1½ tbsp.
In a sauce pan, heat the oil and then throw in the ginger, garlic and the onions. Sauté for 2-3 minutes and then throw in the chicken chunks. Keep stirring occasionally until the chunks are cooked and brownish in color. Mizzle salt and pepper to your preferable degree and the remove from the flame. Now in a crock pot, bring the both to a vigorous boil and then add the cabbage and carrot to it. The veggies must soften but yet be a little crisp on biting. Now add the spinach and stir for 2 minutes. Add some salt to this. Allow it to simmer and in the meantime segregate the noodles into 4 deep bottomed bowls. On this ladle out equal amounts of the meat fry and veggies. By now the broth will be thick and done, so, with the help of a big serving spoon, pour some broth into each bowl. Make sue that you slowly pour the broth from one single side of the bowl until it covers the noodles and the meat. Then gently cover the bowls for like 5 minutes and serve piping hot. Don't forget to blow before you gorge it down! Some people also add prawns and other sea yields to this.
So, their you have 3 pretty easy chicken noodle soup recipes that will not engage you in the kitchen for very long really. These recipes do pack in a lot of proteins from the meat and of course the goodness of the veggies. You can even initiate some twist by sprinkling a spoonful of cheese shavings from top. So, drink it up deeply and enjoy that swishing warmth spread over your body from the first mouthful itself!!!
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