Quick Chinese Style Soup

[Apple Tree Crafts]

I've just bunged this together, as the freezer is still very empty:

Feeds 5 very well.

Two chicken breasts, finely diced.
250g cooked prawns (I used king prawns)
2 'cakes' of fine chinese noodles
1 small red pepper finely diced
2 spring onions
1 pack baby sweetcorns
Chicken stock cubes
Five spice seasoning
Dried ginger powder


Fry the chicken until cooked, sprinkle with 5 spice powder, cook until browned. Put into a large saucepan. Slice sweetcorns and spring onions thinly, add to pan. Put the flat cakes of noodles into a small plastic bag and bash to bits with a rolling pin, or a meat hammer, or a can of something (not coke....) until you have little short bits.

Put 2 litres of boiling water into the pan with 4 chicken oxos, or 2 heaped tbsps Marigold chicken stock powder. Bring to simmer. Simmer gently for 5 minutes, then add noodles, simmer until noodles are soft.

Using the frying pan you used for the chicken, gently fry the prawns sprinkled with powdered ginger. Add the prawns to the pan, or share them into soup bowls to avoid squabbles, then top with the soup.

Takes about 10 minutes, and it's a main meal in our house.

It's also fairly light in fat.

Enjoy!

Jules

[Sprinkles]

mmmm, that sounds de'lish! apart from the sweetcorn... eww

im going to try that on the weekend.
of course, putting less ingredients in, or i will be eating it for a week!

hope your freezer gets filled up soon, or we might have another Mrs Cropley on our hands!

[Focus on Life]

Yum yum thanks Jules :)

I'd keep the sweetcorn but have to lose the prawns I'm afraid, not a big seafood lover, their dangly bits gimme the heebijeebies

Shaz x

[Apple Tree Crafts]

Yum yum thanks Jules :)

I'd keep the sweetcorn but have to lose the prawns I'm afraid, not a big seafood lover, their dangly bits gimme the heebijeebies

Shaz x

...actually, they don't like me.

I have the soup before adding the prawns.

Jules

[ilovecrafts]

sounds delicious! making me feel hungry, and we've just had dinner!

Have to try it soon, and ALL the prawns for me as no one else eats them in this household!

[Tip Top]

Hmmm! And I don't do cooking either!

I'd make it but pick out the prawns (uck) and the meat as I'm a veggie (not against it but just don't like the taste, although, I do like Oxtail soup hehehehe!!)

I may just try it when we've no kids for a weekend.....!!;)

[Selina]

I'm allergic to prawns too!!! Shame really, I love the little blighters!! Selina

[SusieQ]

Well I love every ingredient in the soup.YUM YUM YUM !!!!!! Hubby away at weekend so will downsize the recipe (just a bit) and will enjoy that on Saturday night!! Sounds scrumptious!! Sue xx:preggers:(not preggers, just full after I've eaten the soup)!!

[ilovecrafts]

well, we just had it for dinner ! yummy

had to adapt a bit as I didnt have any spring onions, baby sweetcorn, or
chinese noodles. Used normal onions, tinned weetcorn, and local spanish noodles, which I use for other chinese style dishes and they're ok.
Mind you Jules, I hope you're nit planning to write a cook book though! you, completely forgot to mention what to do with the red pepper!
And do you add any seasoning at all apart from the 5 spice and ginger?

[Ballerinacaz]

I'd have it without the prawns, don't like them