Playtime with Chicken Noodle Soup and Legs

I've been subsisting on Continental Cup-a-Soup (chicken noodle) for the past day or so because I have a cold. But I thought it might be better to try some 'proper' chicken noodle soup, which is where this recipe comes in.

I had been given some hokkien noodles and gai larn vegetables by mum (her radar probably knew I was coming down with a lurgy), so I threw them into a saucepan with some chicken thigh pieces and chicken stock and consomme. The result was a delicious, filling and healthful Asian-style soup.

Gosh, I feel better already!

Ooh, Look: Chicken Noodle Soup

serves 4

Ingredients

1 tblsp minced ginger

1 tblsp minced garlic

1 tblsp vegetable oil

2 cups reduced-salt chicken stock

2 cups chicken consomme

4 skinless chicken thigh fillets

2 tblsp reduced-salt soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

3 tsp brown sugar

1 bunch gai larn or baby bok choy

450g fresh thin hokkien noodles

Method

1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add ginger and garlic and stir for about 15 seconds. Add chicken stock and bring to the boil.

2. Reduce heat to medium-low and add chicken thighs to the stock. Cook for 5-7 minutes until cooked through. Remove chicken and slice.

3. Add consomme, soy sauce, sesame oil and brown sugar to the stock. Increase heat and bring to the boil.

4. Add green vegetables and heat until wilted, about 1 minute.

5. Add the hokken noodles to the saucepan and loosen with a fork. Simmer for about 2 minutes until they soften slightly.

6. Return the chicken to the soup to heat through

7. Serve the noodles in bowls, sprinkled with spring onion, if you like.

Ingredients, including hokkien noodles, ginger, garlic, sesame oil,
chicken stock and consomme, greens and chicken thighs

Add greens to the boiling soup, then the hokkien noodles. Stir in the chicken

Chicken noodle soup - perfect for feeling better.

Another thing that helped my recovery was a cake from Adriano Zumbo. It was the 'Legs' cake again, and this time, I had a bit of a play with it.

I had to stop eventually, when someone yelled 'Will you stop playing with those legs and cut it up'. Oh, well, that's enough fun for one day.