One of the easiest first courses to prepareis chicken soup with homemade noodles. Chicken broth surpasses any other meat broth in terms of vitamin and nutrient content. It has long been used as a restorative after illness. It has been scientifically proven that chicken broth helps to cope with viral and cold diseases. Chicken broth contains the amino acid cysteine, which can thin mucus better than conventional medications. The fatty substances contained in the broth have a positive effect on the respiratory tract, helping to cope with nasal congestion. In addition, drinking chicken broth does not give absolutely any side effects, unlike the same medications.
The Benefits of Chicken Broth
The benefits of chicken broth are also significant whenstomach diseases. People suffering from gastritis need to eat chicken broth and meat 2-3 times a week, as chicken is able to absorb excess gastric acid. Chicken broth helps to reduce cholesterol levels and normalizes heartbeat, so the broth is also indicated for cardiovascular diseases. From such a healthy broth, you can easily make a delicious and nutritious chicken soup with homemade noodles.
How to cook homemade noodles?
You don't have to buy delicious noodlesstore, you can make it yourself. This is not a very complicated and not at all expensive process. To prepare it, you only need flour and eggs. If you use only yolks, the noodles will be a beautiful yellow color, and the broth will remain transparent during the cooking of the noodles. In a deep plate, beat 3 eggs. If you take only yolks, you will need 2 times more. Eggs can be mixed with a teaspoon of salt, but even without salt, the noodles will not be bland, they will be salted when cooked in salted broth. You need to gradually add flour to the eggs, stirring all the time, until the dough becomes such that it will be difficult to stir it with a spoon. Now you need to knead the dough with your hands, having previously sprinkled the surface on which you will do this with flour. This is the most physically difficult stage in the preparation of homemade noodles, since the dough will have to be kneaded for at least 15 minutes, putting significant effort into this. If you do everything correctly, then by the end of kneading you should be tired. When the dough becomes very dense, you need to leave it to "rest" for about 30 minutes, covering it with a towel. The next stage of preparing the noodles is rolling out the dough. Since the dough is tough, it is difficult to roll out. To make this process a little easier, all the dough needs to be divided into 3-4 parts and rolled out separately. It is necessary to periodically sprinkle the table with flour so that the dough does not stick. You need to roll it out as thin as possible, until it is transparent, when the thickness of the dough does not exceed 1 mm. Then the rolled out dough needs to be dried by hanging it on a drying rack or the back of a chair for about 20 minutes. Next is cutting the noodles. They can be made short or long, short ones are better for soup. A noodle cutter will help make this process easier, but you can do without it. The rolled out dough should be cut into 2 cm wide strips, stacked and the noodles thinly cut with a sharp knife. Periodically shake and turn the cut pieces over so that they do not stick together. At the last stage of preparation, the resulting noodles should be dried. To do this, sprinkle a large board or table with flour and spread the noodles in a thin layer, leave to dry for 40-50 minutes. If you are preparing noodles for future use, you need to dry them longer, until they begin to break. It is better to store them in a cloth bag.
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Preparation of chicken soup with noodles
You can make chicken soup with homemade noodleseven a novice housewife. At the same time, this is a very tasty and nutritious dish that can feed all family members, including children from 1 year old. To prepare this soup, you will need the following products: a small chicken carcass or half a large one (it is better to take domestic poultry), 4 medium potatoes, 2 carrots, 2 onions, a large handful of noodles that you made yourself, dill or parsley, 5 tablespoons of vegetable oil, black pepper and salt to taste. From this amount of ingredients, 13-15 servings of soup are obtained. First, you need to prepare the broth: cook the chicken over low heat for 1.5 hours. In the finished broth, you need to put the vegetables cut into strips: potatoes, carrots, onions, as well as chicken meat separated from the bones. To give a beautiful color to the broth, carrots and onions can be pre-fried a little in vegetable oil. You can add thinly sliced bell pepper to the vegetables, it will give the dish a piquant taste. When the potatoes are cooked until done, you can add the noodles. They need to be cooked for 7-10 minutes. At the same time, add salt, pepper, and herbs to the soup. The delicious dish is ready!