Chicken, Shiitake Mushroom, and Glass Noodle Soup Recipe

This recipe boasts a quick and easy chicken broth base, which you will frequently find in all Asian cuisines. The broth itself is not only packed with flavor but is also very adaptable and can be used as a great base for other recipes, soups, or sauces and can easily be mixed with your favorite ingredients. Feel free to personalize the recipe to make it your own.

You need roughly two pounds of chicken for the broth. You can use a whole chicken and then add the cooked meat in this recipe or use it in other recipes. Dark leg and thigh meat is fattier and has more flavor, but you can also use white breast meat if you are counting the calories.

Chicken noodle soup has been shown to be beneficial in giving an emotional and psychological lift to your spirits and is often considered to be comfort food. The warmth and the homemade taste can actually make you feel better, not only physically, but also emotionally and mentally.

Tips

Adding vegetables into the finished soup can, of course, make the soup more nutritious. For example, adding carrots, which is a good source of beta-carotene and Vitamin A, is great to keep the eyes healthy. Onions are important as well, as they are rich in antioxidants and may help eliminate toxins from the body.

To make the soup even richer, add pre blanched pak or bok choi, leaf spinach, regular or Chinese broccoli.