Lao Style Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients:
1/2 - whole chicken - cut into quarter pieces
1/2 onion
salt for taste
1 cube of Knorr Chicken Bouillon
1/2 - 1 frozen green onion root
1-2 sprig of cilantro root
Roast half onion.
Boil water. Add chicken, onion, onion root, bouillon, salt and cilantro root in water. Medium to high boil until chick is cooked. Season to taste. Add fried garlic to serve.
Homemade Lao Rice Noodles
Ingredients:
Rice flour (red bag)
Tapioca starch
In large bowl, combine one to one ratio of rice flour and Tapioca Starch. Add a little hot water at a time until dough is formed. Spread out dough flat and cut into desired noodle strips. Sprinkle tapioca powder to cut noodles to keep noodles from sticking.
To Serve:
Add chicken stock to a separate pot and bring broth to a boil. Add desired amount of noodles into boiling broth and do not disturb. The broth should cover the noodles. Bring content to a boil and stir noodles a little bit. Add cabbage to boiling broth if desired. Remove from heat and add shredded chicken and fried garlic. Garnish with chopped green onions and cilantro. Add bean sprouts if desired. Season with garlic pepper sauce, black pepper, and fish sauce.
I made the noodles tonight... it took me about 3 hours and the end product looked like homemade noodles. On a scale of 1 to 5, this was a 5. 5 being the hardest thing ever. I think that I should have bought them. I'll have to get Thoubie to show me before I try to make them again.
ReplyDeleteMistake #1 - Don't use hot boiling water because then you can't knead the dough.
ReplyDeleteMistake #2 - Don't put all the noodles in the whole pot of chicken broth because the noodle that you don't eat will absorb all the liquid and turn to mush.
Next time I will add more salt to the broth and to the noodles. Buy the noodles or get a pasta maker.