Chicken noodle soup

Ingredients

• 900ml chicken or vegetable stock (or Miso soup mix)
• 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast, about 175g/6oz
• 1 tsp chopped fresh root ginger
• 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
• 50g rice or wheat noodles
• 2 tbsp sweetcorn , canned or frozen
• 2-3 mushrooms , thinly sliced
• 2 spring onions , shredded
• 2 tsp soy sauce , plus extra for serving
• mint or basil leaves and a little shredded chilli (optional), to serve

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Prep 10 mins

Cook 30 mins

Low-fat

1. Pour the stock into a pan and add the chicken, ginger and garlic. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, partly cover and simmer for 20 mins, until the chicken is tender. Remove the chicken to a board and shred into bite-size pieces using a couple of forks.
2. Return the chicken to the stock with the noodles, corn, mushrooms, half the spring onions and the soy sauce. Simmer for 3-4 mins until the noodles are tender. Ladle into two bowls and scatter over the remaining spring onions, herbs and chilli shreds if using. Serve with extra soy sauce for sprinkling.

Make it vegetarian

Replace the chicken with 175g/6oz firm tofu cut into cubes, simmer for 5 mins, then add the other ingredients as before.

Per serving

217 kcalories, protein 26g, carbohydrate 26g, fat 2 g, saturated fat 0.4g, fibre 0.6g, salt 2.52 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2006.