Cold-Busting Ginger Chicken Noodle Soup

Description

A spicy addition to a classic soup. I normally make this with a whole chicken and let it cook for an hour, remove the meat, and return the bones for another hour on their own, chicken breasts are used here for simplicity.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 large chicken breasts
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 13 cups water
  • 2 cups white wine
  • ¾ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 (4 inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 7 whole black peppercorns
  • 4 cubes chicken bouillon
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • ¾ cup peeled and sliced carrots
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 1 kohlrabi bulb, peeled and diced
  • 2 ½ tablespoons fresh rosemary
  • 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
  • 1 (8 ounce) package egg noodles
  • 1 large clove garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon grated ginger
  • 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • ½ cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add chicken
  2. onion
  3. and crushed garlic cloves; cook in hot oil until chicken breast is browned and onions start to turn translucent
  4. about 5 minutes . Pour water
  5. white wine
  6. and lemon juice over the chicken mixture; stir sliced ginger
  7. peppercorns
  8. chicken bouillon
  9. bay leaves
  10. and white sugar into the liquid. Bring to a simmer
  11. reduce heat to medium-low
  12. and cook for 45 minutes.
  13. Remove and discard the crushed garlic cloves. Remove chicken breasts from the soup to a cutting board; chop into bite-size pieces.
  14. Add carrot
  15. celery
  16. kohlrabi
  17. rosemary
  18. and thyme to the soup. Reduce heat to low until the vegetables begin to soften
  19. about 20 minutes.
  20. Bring the soup to a boil. Return chopped chicken to the soup along with the egg noodles
  21. minced garlic
  22. and grated ginger; remove the pot from heat and let sit until the noodles have softened
  23. about 10 minutes. Season with salt. Garnish with parsley.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Servings: 8

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