Hot and sour chicken soup

Hot and sour chicken soup

A nourishing Asian soup that’s just the tonic for a fast day, or to kick-start a healthy eating week.

Hot and sour chicken soup

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  • Serves icon Serves 1
  • Time icon Hands-on time 20 min

A nourishing Asian soup that’s just the tonic for a fast day, or to kick-start a healthy eating week.

Looking for something else? We have lots more recipes for 1 person for you to try.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
246kcals
Fat
5.1g (1.2g saturated
Protein
34g
Carbohydrates
12g (7g sugars)
Fibre
2.8g
Salt
2g

Ingredients

  • 500ml fresh chicken or veg stock
  • Handful fresh coriander, leaves picked, stalks roughly chopped
  • 1 fresh lime leaf, torn
  • 3cm piece fresh ginger, sliced
  • 1 red chilli, sliced
  • 1 lemongrass stalk, outer leaves discarded, cut in half and bruised in a pestle and mortar
  • 50g shiitake or chestnut mushrooms, sliced
  • 95g cooked chicken breast, shredded with 2 forks into chunky strands
  • 80g green beans, halved
  • 2 tsp rice vinegar
  • Finely grated zest and juice 1 lime, plus wedges to serve
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • Handful (about 10g) beansprouts, rinsed in cold water
  • Fresh Thai basil leaves (or regular basil) to garnish (optional)
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Method

  1. Put the stock, coriander stalks, lime leaf, ginger, half the chilli and the lemongrass in a small pan. Heat over a low-medium heat to infuse. Add the mushrooms, chicken and beans, turn up the heat, then bring to a simmer to warm the chicken.
  2. Add the rice vinegar, lime zest and juice and fish sauce, then taste and adjust the saltiness/sourness to your palate. Serve in a big bowl, garnished with the coriander leaves, remaining chilli, beansprouts and fresh basil (if using), with lime wedges on the side.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
246kcals
Fat
5.1g (1.2g saturated
Protein
34g
Carbohydrates
12g (7g sugars)
Fibre
2.8g
Salt
2g

delicious. tips

  1. To make vegetarian, swap the chicken with tofu, leave out the fish sauce and use vegetable stock. Add salt to taste.

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Recipe By:

Jen Bedloe
Former head of food delicious.

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