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Quick Nourishing Noodle Soup

Serves 1-2 people as a complete meal (esp. with the addition of a protein) or 3-4 people as an entrée or snack.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Soup, Side Dish
Servings: 2 people
Author: Tansy Boggon

Ingredients

  • 4 cups water or stock
  • 3-4 tablespoons reduced-salt soy sauce, tamari or coconut aminos
  • 1-2 tablespoons miso paste
  • 1 tablespoon grated ginger
  • 1 teaspoon reduced-salt stock powder or stock cube, if using water
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 50 g uncooked noodles of choice (see notes)
  • 1 ½ cups veggies of choice (see notes)

Instructions

  • Place water or stock into a saucepan and put on medium-high heat.
  • Add soy sauce, miso, ginger, stock powder (if using water), sesame oil and pepper into the saucepan.
  • Stir to combine, ensuring the miso fully dissolves. It can help to press it between two spoons.
  • Bring liquid to a boil before adding noodles.
  • Then add veggies.
  • Cook until noodles are cooked, and veggies are warmed through. The cook time will vary depending on the chosen noodles and vegetables. Follow the instructions on the packet of your chosen noodles. If using frozen veggies, cook the noodles for 2 minutes before adding the veggies. However, if using fresh vegetables that require cooking, such as carrot or broccoli, add these before the noodles and cook for three minutes before adding the noodles.
  • Serve as is or with your chosen proteins or toppings.

Notes

Your Choice of Noodles

I generally make this soup with vermicelli rice noodles. However, it would work well with egg noodles, Hokkien noodles, udon noodles, soba (buckwheat) noodles, angel hair pasta, edamame noodles or spaghetti squash noodles. Cooking time may vary.

Your Choice of Veggies

You can use fresh or frozen veggies in this recipe such as carrot, capsicum, corn, baby corn, spinach, mushrooms, broccoli, cabbage, kale, zucchini, bok choy, green beans or edamame beans. Actually, there are probably plenty of other veggies you could add—over to you to get creative!

Flavour to Your Taste

Try with a teaspoon of crushed garlic or a pinch of chilli powder.