Thursday, December 10, 2015

Chicken Noodle Soup Chase B.

Chicken noodles as many people, including me, see it is a comfort food. With that I wanted to make a simple and delicious chicken noodle soup and my partner was thinking the same way. Our chicken noodle soup was thick, wholesome, and included a lot of  spices to really amplify the flavor.
To start I began with mixing flour, salt, and egg and a little bit of water. Now you will need to use a fork to mix this up. as you mix you need to gradually add in more flour. Now with this your noodle dough will begin to get tough because for those who don't know the more you play with flour, since it has gluten, the harder it becomes. Also this mixture will be sticky as you add in the flour so you can switch you using your hands once the dough isn't too sticky. Furthermore DO NOT added to much flour at once cause this will absorb too much of the little moister you have and then your dough won't stick together well at all. If you do this don't worry you can add a little water back to compensate for the lack of moisture. Moving on, once your dough can form into balls and stick together without the outer part sticking to you you're ready to move on.
Next you have to roll the dough out which may be the most difficult part of this recipe. Since flour contains gluten it will be tough to roll out. It also will want to maintain its original form since it also has that elasticity. So what you must do is put the dough down on the table and start rolling it out make you try to make it as flat as you can with out getting it too thin. For this you may want to use your rolling pin to roll front to back and side to side with great force. This will keep the dough from snapping back on you. Continue by rolling this dough up as you would a tortilla nice and tight. Then cut the dough roll into even, no more than a 1/2 inch pieces. Once you have completely cut up your roll unroll these new smaller pieces and place them on a cloth draped over a pan. And there ya have it your noodles are done. Now its time to let them sit overnight.
Once you comeback you will need some meat for your soup. I dealt with this by boiling the back meat of my chicken in a little bit of water to make a broth. As your chicken gets cooked you will want to separate the meat from the usable bone and fat of the chicken. You will get your hands messy since you must do this by hand. Next you will must add the water to a pot to begin your soup. Add the chicken and broth to the soup and bring the soup to a boil. Once the soup is boiling add your noodles in. Along with noodles and chicken you will want spices and maybe some chicken flavoring to add flavor to your soup. My partner and I added salt, pepper, onion powder, chives, etc. ,and you can really "doctor" up your soup at this point. Once your noodles are soft and have gathered back there moister your soup is done.
My soup personally may have been considered good by my partner and a few other testers, but it was a bit too thick. The flavor was very good you could really taste the onion and chicken. The noodles, on the other hand, did gather some of that chicken flavor. The noodles were also soft, but still retained some firmness which I enjoyed. The smell was a bit salty and have a hint of onion. It just reminded me of home. All in all this recipe was delicious and quite filling. If we hadn't incorporated the chicken flavoring as we did the soup may have been too watery, but thank goodness it wasn't. I will note that the soup did smell and taste a tad bit like ramen noodles.


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