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Hunan-Style Chicken and Chilli Noodle Soup

35 min Serves 4 ~414 kcal/serving ~£6.50 (£1.63/serving) Dairy-freeKid-friendly

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Ingredients

  • 400 g chicken thigh fillets
  • 300 g medium egg noodles
  • 2 dried red chilli
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1000 ml chicken stock
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 3 spring onions, finely sliced
  • 150 g pak choi

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
414 kcal
Protein
31.4 g
Carbohydrate
55.5 g
of which sugars
2.9 g
Fat
6.8 g
of which saturates
1.7 g
Fibre
3.2 g
Salt
3.46 g

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Method

  1. 1

    Bring the chicken stock to a simmer in a large pan with the dried red chilli, crumbled, and garlic.

  2. 2

    Add the chicken thigh fillets, whole, and poach for 15 minutes, until cooked through with no pink remaining, then lift out and shred.

  3. 3

    Cook the medium egg noodles in a separate pan of boiling water according to the pack instructions, then drain and divide between four bowls.

  4. 4

    Return the shredded chicken to the broth with the light soy sauce and pak choi, and simmer for 2 minutes until the pak choi has wilted.

  5. 5

    Ladle the chicken, pak choi and broth over the noodles.

  6. 6

    Scatter with the spring onions to serve.

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