Spicy Asian Chicken Soup
photo by Anonymous
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 (48 ounce) can nonfat chicken broth
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon Asian chili sauce or 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, more if you like spice
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and cut into 8 slices
- 3⁄4 lb boneless chicken breast, cut into thin 3 inch long strips
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup sliced shiitake mushroom (or white button mushrooms)
- 1 cup snap peas or 1 cup snow peas
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
- 1 teaspoon lime zest (green part of peel)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
directions
- Combine the broth, soy sauce, brown sugar, chili sauce, lime juice and ginger and boil for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile toss the chicken with the cornstarch until it is completely coated.
- Add the chicken and the shiitakes to the broth and simmer 15 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the snap peas, red peppers, lime zest and cilantro.
- Let the soup stand 2 to 3 minutes before serving.
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Reviews
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Loved this soup! I used the 1/4 teaspoon Asian chili sauce and may increase it next time to 1/2 as a personal preference. Loved the combination of veggies and chicken. I added some matchstick carrot slices to add even more color and it looked very appealing in the soup bowls. I am so glad I picked to make this from the Newbie Nursery for the Fall 2007 PAC.
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I loved the wonderful combination of colors and flavors in the soup! The chicken was also cooked to the perfect degree of tenderness...not overcooked at all! But I found this to be too salty for my palate. I used regular soy sauce, so I would advise using low sodium soy or using less in the recipe. I used home-made chicken stock, with no salt added, so that didn't add to the salt content. I've added some potatoes to try and soak up some of the extra salt....with that, I hope the leftovers will be absolutely wonderful! Thanks for sharing a very unique soup recipe! Made for Best of 2009 tag game.
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I made this for lunch today and it is delicious. So attractive with the bright green peas & red Peppers. Putting the peas & peppers in 3 minutes before serving and off the heat makes them perfect -very crisp yet heated through - just right . I used sugar snap peas - next time I will cut them in half. Spice wise I added 2 generous tsp of chile flakes which made it around the hotness of a Tom Yum soup - just right for us.. For gentler palates I would cut this back to 1/8 tsp the soup will still be delicious. It is easy to prepare - your instructions are very clear easy step by step. Thanks A foodlover for a great soup recipe. I can still feel it on my lips mmmmm
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
A foodlover
St Paul, Minnesota