Basic Noodles In Soup Ii Stir Fried Chicken Topping Ii Recipes

STIR FRY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP!

Steps:

• Put chicken legs in a large sauce pan. Fill the pan 3/4 full with water. Bring to a boil for 15 minutes on high. Reduce heat and simmer on medium - low for 35 minutes (or until the chicken is done and tender). Remove the chicken from the pan, let cool. Add the onion and stir fry vegetables to the pan. Cook until the vegetables are done to your liking, while the veggies are cooking, remove the meat from the bones. Add the meat to the pan and add seasonings inclucing the packets from the ramen noodles. Add the ramaen noodles. Cook about 5 - 10 minutes more.
• This is an easy and tasty soup.

STIR-FRIED CHICKEN WITH NOODLES

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a wok or heavy skillet. Add garlic and half the ginger; cook slowly until brown. Discard garlic and ginger.
• Brown chicken in wok. Add mushrooms, remaining ginger, pepper strips, and scallions; cook until soft, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add stock, soy sauce, vinegar, and cornstarch mixture to the wok. Bring to a boil, and cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, and keep warm.
• In wok, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add noodles and a few spoonfuls of sauce, and heat. Top with chicken mixture; garnish, and serve.

BASIC NOODLES IN SOUP II: STIR-FRIED PORK AND SPINACH TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. Shred pork and leek. Stem spinach and cut leaves in half. 2. Heat oil. Add pork and stir-fry until it loses its pinkness (1 to 2 minutes). 3. Add leek and spinach stir-fry 1 minute more. 4. Arrange mixture as a topping over noodles in soup and serve. VARIATION: * For the spinach, substitute 2 cups Chinese lettuce, cut in 2-inch sections and stir-fry in step 3 until softened. (You may also add, with the Chinese lettuce, 1/2 cup bamboo shoots, sliced, and 1/2 cup canned button mushrooms.) The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

BASIC NOODLES IN SOUP II: STIR-FRIED CHICKEN TOPPING II

Steps:

• 1. Soak dried mushrooms. 2. Slice chicken. Combine soy sauce, sugar, salt and pepper. Add to chicken and toss to coat. 3. Slice bamboo shoots and soaked mushrooms. Shred spinach and mince ham. 4· Heat oil. Add remaining salt, then chicken and stir-fry until it loses its pinkness (about 2 minutes). 5. Add bamboo shoots, mushrooms and spinach stir-fry 2 minutes more. Sprinkle with remaining soy sauce. 6. Arrange mixture as a topping over noodles in soup. Garnish with minced ham and serve. VARIATIONS: * For the chicken, substitute shelled and deveined shrimp. * For the spinach, substitute 2 tablespoons cloud ear mushrooms (soaked), sliced and 1/4 cup lily buds (soaked), cut in two. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

BASIC NOODLES IN SOUP II: STIR-FRIED CHICKEN TOPPING I

Steps:

• 1. Slice chicken, fresh mushrooms and water chestnuts. 2. Heat oil. Add salt, then chicken, and stir-fry until chicken loses its pinkness (about 2 minutes). 3. Add mushrooms and water chestnuts stir-fry until mushrooms begin to soften (about 1 minute more). 4. Add stock and heat quickly. Then simmer, covered, 3 to 4 minutes over medium heat. 5. Meanwhile blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste then stir in to thicken chicken mixture. Arrange as a topping over noodles in soup and serve. VARIATIONS: * For the water chestnuts, substitute bamboo shoots. * After step 3, sprinkle the chicken and vegetables with 1 to 2 teaspoons soy sauce. * In step 5, add to the cornstarch paste 1 to 2 teaspoons soy sauce, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon sugar and a dash of pepper. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

BASIC NOODLES IN SOUP II

Steps:

• 1. Prepare any of the simple or stir-fried toppings. 2. Parboil noodles (from the Edit Tap, click to open recipe and follow instructions). 3. Place noodles in a bowl. Add soy sauce, peanut oil, sesame oil and pepper, and toss well. Keep noodles warm. Meanwhile bring stock to a boil. 4. Transfer noodles to a large tureen or to individual soup bowls. Arrange topping over noodles then pour heated stock over and serve at once. NOTE: When stir-fried toppings are used, the stock is added first in step 4, then the topping. VARIATIONS: * Leave the noodles unseasoned. Season the stock instead with 1/2 teaspoon salt and the pepper. * After step 2, brown the noodles in a little oil before placing them in soup bowls. Season lightly with salt and pepper. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.