Chinese Macaroni Soup (Leftover Turkey Idea #1)

*This post made it to the Foodbuzz Daily Top 9 on 28 Dec 2010!*

I actually wrote this post some time back, but thought now would be an apt time to post it. The pictures in the post show chicken meat in chicken stock rather than turkey meat in turkey stock, but you can easily make the substitute. I had a leftover turkey the night of the 23rd, from which I made stock on the 24th, and which I used to make some macaroni soup for lunch today.

This recipe is very similar to the Ultimate Chicken Noodle Soup recipe that I posted back in June, and indeed calls for the same process for making the stock. But a little tweak here and there and hey presto, you get a different dish! Just as hearty and delicious, but a tad more Asian.

Chinese Macaroni Soup

Click here for printable recipe.

Ingredients (serves 4):

Macaroni for 4 (follow serving size on the package)
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 carrot, diced
2 stalks of celery, diced
1/2 can of button mushrooms, sliced
1 cup of shredded chicken/turkey meat (or more… I like lots of meat in my noodles)
6 cups of chicken/turkey stock
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
Salt & pepper to taste
1 cup of bean sprouts, topped and tailed and washed
2 spring onions, chopped
Handful of fried shallots

Directions:

1. Cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain under cold tap water and spoon into serving bowls.

2. Heat oil in a medium saucepan. Fry carrots and celery for 3-4 minutes till slightly softened.

3. Add mushrooms and meat and fry for another minute or two.

4. Add stock, followed by sesame oil, cooking wine, salt and pepper. Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes.

5. Finally, assemble your dish! First you get your macaroni (err… ok I know this macaroni ain’t quite the Asia-preferred variety, but I was using whatever I had in my pantry at the time. Better to use the larger ridged variety which is usually labelled “elbows”.):

Then you pour your soup over:

Sprinkle on a generous amount of bean sprouts:

And finally garnish with your spring onion and fried shallots:

There you have it! A hearty meal, and only 4 cups of turkey meat left to deal with…