Chicken & tofu noodle soup

Name: Chicken & tofu noodle soup
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 shallots; 2 cloves of garlic; 2cm piece of ginger; 4 free-range chicken thighs, skin off, bone in; groundnut oil; sesame oil; 1 star anise; 2 tablespoons low-salt soy sauce; 100g fine rice noodles; ½ a bunch of fresh coriander (15g); ½ a bunch of fresh mint (15g); 100g tofu; 4 spring onions; ½ a fresh red chilli; 100g baby spinach; 4 seaweed nori sheets; 1 lime

Instructions

Cook:1h 15min

This gorgeous, warming chicken noodle soup recipe is a brilliant weeknight dinner. It's light, but packed with flavour, and tastes even better the next day.

Updated at: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:10:49 GMT