Despite the huge variety of pasta presented in stores today, chicken soup with homemade noodles is much tastier, aromatic and nutritious. No pasta and spaghetti purchased can be compared to home-made noodles, made with our own hands from clear, tested and healthy ingredients.
Initially, it was believed that homemade chicken noodle soup is a traditional Tatar dish. However, centuries later, this dish firmly settled on Russian tables, overgrown with numerous recipes, which are characteristic only of Russian cuisine. Despite minimalism, the dish turns out to be surprisingly satisfying, nutritious, healthy and incredibly fragrant. And if you prepare the transparent chicken broth correctly, then the soup will turn out to be attractive and alluring in appearance.
Secrets of the right broth
Despite the simplicity and the minimum set of ingredients, not every housewife can prepare the right chicken broth. We offer some useful tips and tricks that will allow you to cook delicious chicken soup with homemade noodles on the right broth.
No filet!
Of course, the broth with the addition of pure chicken will be very tasty, but a pleasant golden color, floating appetizing droplets of fat on the surface will not give a regular piece of chicken breast. For proper broth, you must use meat on the bone. It is in the bones that contain fibers and binders that make the broth rich and rich in taste.
Remove the skin!
It seems that if you leave pieces of fat and a skin on chicken meat, then the broth from such a piece will turn out to be more rich and tasty. In fact, the fat and the skin will not give the fat that is needed for the right transparent broth. The skin, on the contrary, gives the broth a cloudy appearance. And excess fat makes the broth tasteless.
Right fire!
It is very important to put chicken meat in cold water and only then put it to cook. And first we cook on low heat, bring to a boil and only then add a little gas. A piece of chicken dipped in boiling water will not produce the correct broth.
Chicken soup with homemade noodles. Step by step recipe
Soup is a very versatile dish in cooking. While preparing the broth, noodles are made. It is very convenient, saves valuable time and makes it possible to procure ingredients for the future.
Ingredients
This is step 1:
- Chicken leg (or any other parts of a chicken carcass with a bone) - 2 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Pepper.
- Bay leaf.
- Salt.
- Spice.
- Fresh greens.
To prepare the noodles you will need: two eggs, wheat flour and a pinch of salt. It is impossible to say the exact amount of flour, everything will depend on the variety, moisture and some other points. Experienced housewives say that it takes as much flour as "takes" the dough.
Bouillon (step 2)
As we said above, cooking requires the right broth. Only fragrant, transparent and golden broth is suitable for a dish such as chicken soup with homemade noodles (the photo shows the degree of transparency of the broth).
Do not forget to separate the skin from a piece of meat with bone and remove excess fat. We send the meat to the pan, where 1.5 liters of water has already been poured. We put on a slow fire and wait for boiling. As the foam appears, remove it and cover the pan with a lid. The average cooking time is about half an hour.
Noodles (step 3)
While the broth for chicken soup with homemade noodles is cooked, we will step by step analyze the process of preparing this very noodle. Break eggs into a small plate and add a pinch of salt to them. Beat well. Sprinkle a small amount of flour on the table and pour the egg mixture into the center. Knead. It is important that the noodle dough is slightly denser than the dumplings. It should not stick to your hands or, conversely, crumble. If this happens, then we vary the amount of flour, achieving the perfect result.
After the dough is kneaded, he needs to arrange a rest. Wrap a piece in cling film, put in the refrigerator for ten minutes. We roll the cool, rested dough into a thin layer. It remains to cut this pancake into numerous thin ribbons. Leave the tape to dry.
As a rule, a lot of noodles are obtained. It is very convenient to store well-dried excess in an ordinary bag or container without air. This noodle is enough for a couple more dishes. You can leave the noodles long enough, or you can cut the ribbon strips into several parts to get thin and small soup noodles, like from a store.
Step 4: Making Chicken Noodle Soup
A photo, recipe and step-by-step description of the cooking process helps novice housewives not to make a mistake in the sequence of culinary actions. Therefore, if you have already cooked the broth and prepared homemade noodles according to the description, it is time to cook the soup.
30 minutes passed, the broth was already cooked, you can add vegetables to it. Cut the carrots into cubes or circles. Finely chop the onion. We take the meat out of the broth, instead of it we lay the vegetables. While they are boiling, the boiled ham will cool down and it will be possible to take it apart into fibers. It is thin fibers that taste better “look” in homemade chicken soup than large pieces of meat.
When the carrots become soft, and the meat pulled into fibers is sent to the broth, you can lay the noodles. In the preparation of chicken soup with homemade noodles, it is very important to lower the product from the dough into the broth at the right time. Vegetables by that time should already be well cooked. Otherwise, either undercooked carrots will crunch, or (waiting for the vegetables to be ready), the noodles will be digested. More specifically, the cooking time for the noodles is enough for two or three minutes.
Served chicken soup with homemade noodles with lots of herbs. Fresh parsley, green onion or basil are perfect for the dish. Fans of spicy can add a few finely chopped cloves of garlic to an already prepared soup. Some housewives serve homemade chicken noodle soup with boiled eggs.
Soup will be very tasty if you add fragrant croutons to it. You can make them yourself by sending thinly sliced white or black rye bread into the oven for ten to fifteen minutes. Croutons can be spread with aromatic garlic oil.
If you want to cook a new dish from a well-forgotten old one, then just send the cooked soup to a blender. It will turn out an incredibly tender mashed potatoes, which can be decorated with feathers of green onions and small crispy crackers.
Options
There are tons of homemade noodle chicken recipes. In addition to carrots and onions, you can add to it:
- fresh or canned corn;
- leek;
- sorrel;
- potatoes;
- dumplings;
- broccoli;
- Champignon;
- Forest mushrooms;
- sweet bell pepper.
Each of these components is able to give the soup a unique taste.