Chicken Noodle Soup with an Asian twist making a Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Soup.
At the beginning of the year, I went on a juice fast for seven days. Well, it lasted for about 2 days. Actually a day and a half. After going more than 36 hours without food, I figured that the best thing for me to do is to not gorge down an entire cheese pizza and a 2 liter of Sprite like I really wanted to. Thinking about it, that would have been bad. Instead, I took the best route and ate Thai Vegetable Soup that had celery, mushrooms, napa cabbage, and a few other vegetables. Normally, I wouldn’t like this soup. However, it was very good! The broth was well seasoned and the veggies were very fresh. I definitely would eat it again and would recommend it to others.
Another motivating factor for making this soup was inspired by a scene from my ultimate favorite television show, Sex and The City. For those of you who have watched the show, do you remember the episode where Miranda and Steve were in a Thai restaurant and Steve wanted to have a baby? Well, the only thing that I could think of at the moment was how good and fun that soup looked. So, combine the TV show and the Vegetable Thai soup I had at Thai Cafe, I wanted to make a Thai Soup of my own. It is very comforting, yet healthy.
Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Soup
Ingredients
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup Rice Wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar
- 4 cloves garlic smashed and minced
- 1 piece Ginger, grated
- 2 pieces star anise
- 3 lbs chicken breast or 3 lbs boneless pork shoulder
- 1 head bok choy
- 1 head napa cabbage
- 1 green onion and chives
- 2 carrots, sliced
- Oudon or rice vermicelli noodles
- 1/2 cup parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon red crushed pepper flakes
Instructions
- Combine the chicken broth, soy sauce, rice wine, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, star anise and salt to taste in a 5- 6 quart slow cooker. Add the chicken, you can use pork if you would like, then cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
- After the 8 hours, remove the chicken or pork and shred with your fingers and set aside. Add the bok choy, napa cabbage, carrots, and green onion to the slow cooker along with the meat and cover about an hour.
- In a separate pot cook the noodles and drain. Or add the noodles to the slow cooker and make sure they are submerge and cook for about 10 minutes.
- If you cooked your noodles separately, add some of the noodles to a bowl and add some of the soup with noodles. Ladle some of the broth and sprinkle with parsley and green onion.
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