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Soup, Oriental Chicken

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

4 ribs celery
6 carrots
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp thyme
1 bay leaf
12 black peppercorns
4 pounds chicken backs or wings
3 qts water
1/2 inch piece ginger
salt pepper
4 oz soba noodles
1 8oz can straw mushrooms
2 oz snow peas
6 scallions
1/3 C chopped cilantro
1 tsp soy sauce
1/8 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp sesame oil


Recipe

Cut the celery and 4 carrots into 2 inch pieces. Quarter the onion and halve the garlic cloves and put in a large pot. Add thyme, bay leaf, peppercorns, chicken pieces and the water. Bring to a boil. Simmer 2 1/2 hours. Mince the ginger and add to the pot. cook 1/2 hour. Strain and season the broth with salt and pepper. Remove the chicken from the bones. Cut the remaining 2 carrots into thin strips. Cook the soba noodles in boiling salted water. Bring the stock to a simmer and add carrots and chicken. simmer 5 minutes. Drain and rinse mushrooms. Cut snow peas into strips and add both, along with pasta, to the soup. Simmer 2 minutes. Slice scallion tops. Just before serving, add sliced scallion tops, cilantro, soy sauce,cayenne and sesame oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.