Basic Noodles In Soup Ii Recipes

GRANDMA'S NOODLES II

Steps:

• Combine egg, salt, milk. Add flour. (For thicker noodles add baking powder to flour before mixing.) Separate into two balls.
• Roll out dough, and let stand for 20 minutes.
• Cut into strips and spread to dry--dust with a little flour. Let dry for approximately 2 hours.
• Drop into hot soup--cook for about 10 minutes.

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.

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP II

Steps:

• In a 5-qt casserole combine chicken, 4 cups hot water, celery, carrots, basil, rosemary, pepper and salt.
• Microwave at High 30-40 minutes, or until chicken falls easily from the bone, stirring twice during cooking.
• Remove chicken from the bones.
• Discard bones and skin.
• Dice meat and return to caserole.
• Add 2 cups hot water and noodles.
• Cover.
• Microwave at High 8-10 minutes, or until water boils.
• Then, Microwave at High 7-10 minutes, or until noodles are tender.

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.