Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup

Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup with chili oil

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4.58 from 14 votes

This Chinese chicken noodle soup is an easy traditional dish you can make any day of the week!

Prep Time5

Cook Time1

Total Time1 5

Course: Noodle Soup

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings:

Calories: 664kcal

Author: Judy

Ingredients

1.5 pounds chicken leg quarters (about 2 leg quarters)
2 tablespoons neutral oil
1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
5 cups water
2-3 slices ginger (about ⅛-inch/0.3cm thick, 2 inches/5cm long)
1 scallion
salt (to taste)
white pepper powder (to taste)
8 ounces fresh thin wheat noodles (of your choice; or 3.5 ounces/100g dried noodles)
1 large handful leafy greens (such as baby bok choy, choy sum, spinach, or even romaine lettuce)
chili oil (to garnish, optional)

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Instructions

Pat the chicken dry with a paper towel. Thoroughly preheat a Dutch Oven or thick-bottomed soup pot over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium, add the oil, and then add the chicken leg quarters skin-side down. Cook for 3-4 minutes, until lightly browned, and then flip and cook on the other side for 3-4 minutes.
Add the Shaoxing wine, water, ginger slices, and whole scallion (you can cut it in half crosswise to fit into the pot). Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, immediately reduce the heat to the medium-low, and simmer (covered tightly) for 40 minutes.
Bring a separate pot of water to a boil for the noodles. Remove the chicken leg quarters from the soup pot, and let cool for a few minutes. Add salt and white pepper powder to the soup to taste. Cover and keep warm on the stove. Shred the chicken into large strips with a fork.
By now, your water should be boiling. Cook the noodles according to package instructions. In the last 30 seconds to 1 minute of cooking, add the leafy greens, and cook along with the noodles.
Divide the noodles and greens among 2-3 bowls, and ladle the soup broth on top. Top with the shredded chicken and chili oil (if desired). Serve!

Nutrition

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