Vietnamese Chicken Loodoo Soup

Name: Vietnamese Chicken Loodoo Soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 medium chicken thighs; 3 slices ginger about 1/4” each; 3 big cloves of garlic crushed; 1 medium carrot cut in half; 1 medium onion peeled; 5 1/2 cups water; 1/2 TBS salt; Some grounded black pepper; 1 TBS sugar; 1 1/2 TBS fish sauce; Green onion and cilantro; Some thinly sliced onions; Few wedges of lime or lemon; 1 1/2 cup fresh noodles tightly packed (for large bowl); 4 cups water; 1/2 TBS salt

2choi @cook_15339344

About 30 some years ago, I was a bi-lingual aid working with pupils of 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades at Cook Elementary school in Garden Grove. There was a little girl that I don’t remember the name but I can still vividly remember her pretty and smiling face. She was a first grader. She used to say fi for five, ri for rice. And she said loodoo for noodles. No s at the end. I thought it was so cute. I tried to help her to say noodles correctly. But in a conversation, she would just forget and so noodles would be loodoo...with no s.
Today, I don’t know why but I feel like to make some Vietnamese Chicken Loodoo Soup. I miss her.

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Ingredients

3medium chicken thighs
3 slicesginger about 1/4” each
3big cloves of garlic crushed
1medium carrot cut in half
1medium onion peeled
5 1/2 cupswater
1/2 TBSsalt
Some grounded black pepper
1 TBSsugar
1 1/2 TBSfish sauce
Green onion and cilantro
Some thinly sliced onions
Few wedges of lime or lemon
1 1/2 cupfresh noodles tightly packed (for large bowl)
4 cupswater
1/2 TBSsalt

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Steps

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All of this can be found at any Asian markets.
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Put chicken in a medium pot with ginger, garlic, carrot, onion and 5 1/2 cup of water. Add the 1/2 TBS of salt and black pepper. Put on medium high, bring to a boil. Turn to medium, boil for another 25 to 30 minutes. Stick a fork to the chicken. Remove fork, water has to be clear, If not, cook for few more minutes. Do not over cook chicken. Remove chicken. Turn to medium low heat, close lid and simmer for 1 hour.
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After one hour, strain the stock to another pot and discard all solid matter. Bring to boil, season with 1 TBS of sugar and 1 1/2 TBS of fish sauce. Keep at low heat.
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Meanwhile, boil about 4 cups of water with 1/2 TBS of salt for noodles.
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While waiting for the water to boil, have a bowl ready. Chop green onion, slice the onion. Cut the chicken into strips.
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Mix some Hoisin sauce and Chili Garlic sauce in a small dish to dip the chicken in for extra flavors.
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When water is boiled, put in noodles. Stir for 2 minutes. Strain noodles, transfer to bowl immediately, put chicken and onion on top. Pour stock in (6 or 7 ladle), sprinkle green onion and add cilantro for garnish. Put a tsp of Chilli Garlic if you like it spicy. Squeeze some lime or lemon for tartness.
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I hope a bowl of my Vietnamese Chicken Loodoo will keep you warm on a rainy and windy day😊.