Ingredients
1.8kg organic chicken
1 tbsp vegetable stock powder
2 celery
roughly chopped
1 carrot
roughly chopped
1 onion
roughly chopped
1 tsp fresh ginger
peeled and quartered
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp dry sherry
440g rice noodles
12-16 wontons/dumplings
1 bok choy
roughly chopped
Allergy Advice
Contains Eggs
Contains Gluten
Contains Shellfish
Contains Soy
Equipment
- 1 large stockpot
- 1 strainer
Instructions
- Place chicken in a large stockpot and cover with water. Add stock powder, celery, carrot, onion, ginger and salt. Bring to a gentle simmer. Cook, uncovered, for about 1 to 1.5 hours until chicken is done.
- Remove chicken. Strain stock.
- Return stock to stockpot, add soy sauce and sherry. Bring to simmer again.
- Prepare noodles according to packet. Add wontons/dumplings to stock and cook according to packet recommendation. Two minutes before they are ready, add the noodles and bok choy. Continue simmering until wontons/dumplings are done, then serve.
Notes
Tip
Because the chicken broth really is the star of this dish, it is worth the little extra expense to buy an organic chicken. You will definitely taste the difference!
Variation
Prawn dumplings are available from the freezer section of your supermarket or from Asian speciality stores. Just keep an eye on the ingredients to ensure they don’t include MSG.
