Leftover chicken noodle soup
- Published: 13 Jul 18
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
You can make this nourishing, cure-everything chicken soup recipe with leftover chicken (or turkey). Most of the other ingredients you’ll find in your storecupboard.
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Ingredients
- 30g unsalted butter (or chicken/turkey fat)
- 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, finely chopped
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, bashed
- Large thumb-size piece root ginger, chopped into pieces
- 2 star anise
- 1.8 litres good quality fresh chicken stock (see tip)
- 150g fine egg noodles, or spaghetti, broken into pieces
- 600g leftover roast turkey or chicken, shredded (see tip)
- Juice 1 lemon
- Chopped fresh parsley to garnish
Method
- Heat the butter/fat in a large pan, then add the celery, carrots, onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, over a low-medium heat until the veg is soft but not coloured. Stir in the ginger and star anise, then cook a little longer. Pour in the stock, bring to the barest simmer (just the occasional bubble) and cook for 40 minutes so the flavours infuse.
- Meanwhile, cook the noodles in boiling salted water until nearly al dente. Drain, run under warm water for a minute to wash off any starch, then set aside.
- Taste the broth. If you can taste the ginger and star anise, it’s ready. If not, give it a few more minutes of gentle simmering. Once you’re happy with the flavour, add the shredded meat, squeeze in the lemon juice to taste, then add plenty of salt. Simmer for a couple more minutes to heat the meat, then add the noodles and ladle into bowls. Sprinkle over the parsley and serve with lots of good bread.
- Recipe from January 2015 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 372kcals
- Fat
- 11.3g (5g saturated)
- Protein
- 44.5g
- Carbohydrates
- 22.4g (5g sugars)
- Fibre
- 2.8g
- Salt
- 0.9g
delicious. tips
Make the soup, without the noodles, up to 2 days ahead and chill, or freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost and reheat the soup. Cook the noodles as in the recipe, then add just before serving.
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Really liked the simplicity of this soup. Will make again, but with a slightly wider noodle broken up smaller