Big Bowl Asian Chicken Soup Recipes

ASIAN-STYLE BIG BOWL SOUP

Steps:

• While rice is cooking, heat oil in 4-quart nonstick Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook garlic and onions in oil about 30 seconds or until garlic is golden.
• Increase heat to high. Add broth and carrots; cover and heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in remaining ingredients except rice; cover and simmer 10 minutes to blend flavors.
• To serve, place 1/2 cup cooked rice in each of 4 individual shallow soup plates. Ladle about 2 cups soup into each soup plate.

ASIAN CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Mix soy sauce, mirin, 1 teaspoon of the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, sugar, vinegar, and chile paste in a small bowl.
• Heat the broth in a medium saucepan. Add the soy sauce mixture, the chicken, and the vegetables and bring to a boil. Simmer for two minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Pour over prepared Chinese noodles. Garnish with cilantro and scallions.

ASIAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil, salt it, add the pasta and cook for 1 minute less than the instructions indicate. Drain and return to the pot.
• Meanwhile, place the chicken, large celery pieces, carrot, onion and bay leaf in a pot. Cover with 1 1/2 to 2 quarts water, bring to a boil and let poach for 12 minutes. Remove the chicken, discard the skin and let cool enough to handle. Shred or dice the meat and discard the bones. Strain the poaching liquid into a large measuring cup and add the store-bought chicken stock. (Using the quick-poach liquid alone makes for too thin a flavor, but adding it to store-bought stock works out nicely and stretches a buck.).
• Heat the oil in a dutch oven or medium soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the thinly sliced celery, scallions, garlic, chile pepper and the ginger and stir for a couple of minutes. Add the chicken stock mixture and tamari (or soy sauce).
• Divide the noodles and shredded chicken among 4 soup bowls. Top with the soup and garnish with the lime wedges and cilantro.

BIG-BOWL ASIAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In small bowl, stir together chicken and soy sauce. Cut mushrooms in half or, if large, into quarters. 2. Heat oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken mixture, mushrooms, garlic and crushed red pepper; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add broth and vinegar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, uncovered, 2 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. 3. In another small bowl, stir together water and cornstarch; add to soup. Cook 1 minute or until soup has thickened slightly, stirring constantly. Stir in cabbage and cilantro; cook 2 minutes. TIP *Dark sesame oil is made from toasted sesame seeds. It has a rich, nutty sesame flavor. Look for it in the Asian section of the grocery store.

ASIAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring chicken broth, ginger, garlic, red-pepper flakes, and the water to a boil over high heat. Add noodles, and reduce heat to a simmer; cook until noodles are just tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Add chicken, bell pepper, and snow peas; cook until chicken is opaque throughout, about 1 minute. Add lime juice and scallions, and season with salt. To serve, use tongs to divide noodles among four bowls, then ladle the soup mixture over each.

BIG BOWL'S CHICKEN PAD THAI (FOR TWO)

Steps:

• Pour very hot tap water to cover the noodles and let sit for 30 minutes. Drain thoroughly, rinse with cold water, and set aside.
• Mix the chicken with the cornstarch, salt, and sesame oil.
• Mix together the lime juice, brown sugar, ground chiles, paprika, Thai chili sauce, and fish sauce, and set aside.
• In a wok or skillet, heat 1 cup peanut oil. When hot but not smoking, add the chicken. Stir to separate the pieces. When they change color, remove to drain on colander. Reserve the oil.
• Heat a clean wok or skillet to very hot. Add 3 tablespoons of the reserved oil. When hot, add the gee, and stir quickly to set (do not brown). Push to one side of the pan and add the scallion greens. Stir briefly just to coat with the oil, then add the noodles. Toss the noodles in the pan 15 seconds or so and re-add the chicken. Toss continually until the noodles soften and are well coated with the oil and the chicken, egg, and scallion greens are mixed inches
• When the pan is piping hot, drizzle in the lime juice-brown sugar mixture. After 5 seconds, pull the pan from the heat a toss vigorously. Add most of the basil and cilantro leaves (reserving a pinch for a final garnish), the dried shrimp, and the peanuts, and toss. Add the bean sprouts and keep tossing. Transfer to a serving plate and serve with two lime wedges on the side to be used by diners at their discretion. A few drips of lime juice before one digs in are, in fact, recommended.