When
it comes to soups, it’s hard to go wrong; however, I did go wrong with tonight’s
recipe as I made Speedy chicken noodle
soup.
I
have said before in this Challenge that very often, it takes me longer than the
stated preparation time that’s on the recipe. I knew tonight’s recipe would be
no different. Five minutes’ preparation it said in the cookbook so I actually
timed myself and what time did it take me? Over 15 minutes to prepare
absolutely everything before starting to cook.
I
started off by soaking rice noodles in boiling water. The recipe said to use
medium rice noodles but all I had was the fine ones. They really do make such a
mess and my worktop was (as we say in Donegal) ‘cleestered’ in rice noodles as
they broke up all over the place. While they were soaking, I got on with the
soup part and added chicken stock, sliced ginger and crushed garlic to a
saucepan. I then brought it up to the boil, added slice chicken to cook for 2
minutes and finished by adding lime juice, nam pla, chopped scallion and
coriander. I drained the noodles before putting them in a bowl and adding the
soup mixture on top.
The
verdict…
A
very low 1 mark out of 10 according to Dear Husband; the one mark being for my
effort alone. It’s safe to say that he really didn’t like it and I most
definitely won’t be making this recipe again. It was such a disappointment
though as it looked lovely in the bowl. Overall, the recipe was not a success
and although I cook with chicken all the time, this is one chicken recipe that won’t
be appearing on The List.
I thought it was just me. I made this for my son who will eat anything with chicken in at and I was asked not to make it again.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that it wasn't just my cooking! lol!
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