Comfort Food: Chicken Noodle Soup

Hi bloggers and food lovers, how are you all today? I hope you’re having a great day. Today I’m going to share a comforting, warm dish that’s perfect for cold weather. It’s called Mie Sop Ayam or, as we know it, chicken noodle soup. This dish is warm and cooked with a variety of spices. Okay, let’s get right to it

Ingredients:

• 50 grams of bean sprouts
• 1 handful of bird’s eye chilies
• 1 bunch of Chinese cabbage
• 2 stalks of green onions
• 2 stalks of celery
• 300 grams of chicken
• 1 carrot
• 1 potato
• 3 sheets of rice vermicelli
• 3 liters water
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• ground spices (turmeric, ginger, garlic, shallots, candlenuts, nutmeg, black pepper)

- aromatic spices:

• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 cardamom pods
• 4 cloves
• 1 star anise

Instructions:

• Sauté the ground spices and bay leaf in a pot until fragrant

• Add the remaining aromatic spices and sauté briefly

• Add the chicken and stir-fry until half-cooked

• Pour the water into the pot

• Let it come to a boil

• While waiting for the soup to boil, soak the rice vermicelli in water and let it sit until it softens

• Once it starts boiling, add the thick slices, carrots, celery leaves, and green onions

• Add the coarsely chopped bird's eye chilies

• Cook briefly to soften the carrots

• Turn off the heat

• Place the softened rice noodles into a bowl

• Add the chopped mustard greens and bean sprouts

• Pour the noodle soup broth into the bowl

• Chicken Noodle Soup is ready to serve