Chicken Soup for the Soul w/ Rice Noodles & Sesame Oil

Throughout Southeast Asia, hot soup is eaten year round. Even though it's counter-intuitive, eating hot soup when the temperature is high causes your brain receptors to kick in and start to cool you down. 

Or maybe you have a summer cold? In any case, a bowl of fragrant, golden and savory chicken noodle soup is always welcome and nurturing.

Try this lighter version with rice noodles adapted from the New York Times' recipe, "Chicken Soup From Scratch." Or, if whole chickens go on sale at your market, make a batch and freeze in quarts to have for those “rainy days” when you really need some Chicken Soup for the Soul ~

My Paleo Marin Rating: 4.8 Persimmons

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For the Broth (made a day before the soup):

See link here to make the broth. I spent 1 1/2 hours gently simmering the whole chicken plus other ingredients. I put the cooked chicken in the fridge, and spent another 1 1/2 hours reducing the stock. I  refrigerated both the chicken and stock overnight. The recipe made about 5 quarts of stock.

For the Soup:

Ingredients (for 2 large servings):

1/2 package Annie Chun's Rice Noodles
1 quart previously-prepared broth (above)
2 carrots, peeled and sliced on the diagonal
1 cup previously-cooked chicken pieces (above)

Garnish: 2 green onions, sliced on the diagonal; dash of sesame oil (and/or hot chili oil)

Directions:

1. Put 1/2 a pack of Annie Chun's rice noodles in a large bowl of hot water to soften. 

2. While the noodles are soaking, add 1 quart of chicken stock to a 5-quart pot and heat to a low boil. 

3. Cook the carrots in the broth until softened (about 5 minutes). 

4. When the noodles have softened in the warm water (about 10 minutes), add them to the pot and finish cooking through. Shred the chicken pieces with a fork, and add them to soup to heat up.

5. To serve, ladle the soup into bowls and top with chopped green onions and oil(s).

Use the stock and chicken within 3 days, or freeze for up to six months.

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My Paleo Marin Rating 1-5 Persimmons

I try out these recipes so you don't have to (and modify them for Paleo where possible). The rating will reflect my opinion of the final result in terms of taste, ease of preparation, nutrition, and sometimes, cost.