Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup (鸡汤面) by: Judy 0 Comments Jump to Recipe Posted:6/06/2023Updated:6/06/2023 This Chinese chicken noodle soup is an easy traditional noodle soup you can make any day of the week.  It’s often served as a birthday noodle soup, topped with 2 fried eggs! While people normally make it with a whole chicken, our recipe uses chicken leg quarters for ease.  Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup vs.American Chicken Noodle Soup When you think of chicken noodle soup, you’re probably thinking of the American version, with egg noodles and a broth flavored with carrots, celery, and onions.A Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup broth is more pure in flavor, with just ginger, rice wine, and scallion as additional seasoning.  In Shanghai, we once went to a restaurant that was entirely dedicated to this one dish.

There were slight variations to it, such as being able to order it with cubes of chicken blood added (we don’t use any here) or varying noodle thicknesses, but this is the one thing they served!  We went to the restaurant with my aunts and uncles, and it was a HUGE place, packed with people—all slurping piping hot bowls of thin noodles in chicken broth.  While Chinese chicken noodle soup may be its own variation, it has the same allure of chicken soup from any culture around the world.It’s comforting, nourishing, and delicious! A Quick Noodle Soup with Simple Ingredients While this noodle soup is normally made with

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