I found the cutest bunny-shaped pasta on sale and I had to buy it. I looked at different recipes trying to see how to use this pasta and it seemed like it would work well in a soup. Chicken noodle soup is so comforting and it’s even better when it’s spiced up with Thai flavours. Here’s my recipe.
Ingredients:
cooking oil
salt
1 boneless skinless chicken breast cut into bite-sized pieces
1 small onion diced
4 cloves of garlic
1 inch piece of ginger
4 Thai chillies (You can add as many or as few as you can handle.)
2 stalks of celery diced
1 carrot diced
1 bell pepper diced
6 dried Thai lime leaves
3 cups of water
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 cup of small pasta like alphabet pasta or anelli
Method:
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Use a mortar and pestle or a food processor to make a rough paste with the garlic, ginger and chillies.
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Heat some oil in a pot and add the onions and chicken.
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Once the chicken browns (this should take about 8 minutes), add the celery, carrot and bell pepper to the pot. Add salt to taste and cover the pot with a lid. Cook for about 10 minutes to soften the vegetables.
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Add the garlic-ginger paste to the pot and stir well. Then add the lime leaves and soy sauce and cover with the water. Cook with the lid on for 20 minutes.
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Then add the pasta and cook until the pasta is al dente.