Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Chicken & noodle soup

Preparation Time

10 minutes

Cooking Time

10 minutes

Ingredients (serves 2)

  • 70g egg noodles 875mls (3 1/2 cups) chicken stock
  • 200mls water
  • 3 small single chicken breast fillets, cut across the grain into 1.5cm-wide strips
  • 60g baby spinach leaves, washed
  • 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
  • 1 green shallot, diagonally sliced
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Cook the egg noodles in a large saucepan of boiling water following packet directions or until tender. Drain and set aside.
  2. Meanwhile, place the chicken stock and water in a large saucepan, cover and bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium, add the chicken, cover and cook for 1 minute or until the chicken is just cooked. Remove from the heat. Add the baby spinach, mint and green shallot to the chicken and chicken stock. (See microwave tip.)
  3. Divide the drained noodles evenly between 2 serving bowls. Ladle the chicken soup over the noodles, sprinkle with pepper and serve. microwave tip: Place the chicken stock and water into a large heat-resistant, microwave-safe dish. Cook, covered, for 4-6 minutes on High/850watts/100% or until the liquid comes to the boil. Add the chicken and cook, covered, for 1-2 minutes on Medium/500watts/50% or until the chicken is just cooked. Carefully remove the cover, and add the baby spinach, mint leaves and green shallot to the chicken and stock.
  4. variations: vegetable noodle soup.
  5. Replace the chicken stock with vegetable stock and replace the chicken with 1 small red capsicum, deseeded and cut into strips, and 1 small carrot, peeled and cut into thin sticks.
  6. beef & noodle soup - Replace the chicken stock with beef stock and omit the chicken. Stir-fry 200g beef fillet or rump strips in 1 tbs peanut oil for 1 minute or until sealed, and add to the soup with the baby spinach.

Notes & tips

microwave tip: Place the chicken stock and water into a large heat-resistant, microwave-safe dish. Cook, covered, for 4-6 minutes on High/850watts/100% or until the liquid comes to the boil. Add the chicken and cook, covered, for 1-2 minutes on Medium/500watts/50% or until the chicken is just cooked. Carefully remove the cover, and add the baby spinach, mint leaves and green shallot to the chicken and stock.
variations: vegetable noodle soup.
Replace the chicken stock with vegetable stock and replace the chicken with 1 small red capsicum, deseeded and cut into strips, and 1 small carrot, peeled and cut into thin sticks.
beef & noodle soup - Replace the chicken stock with beef stock and omit the chicken. Stir-fry 200g beef fillet or rump strips in 1 tbs peanut oil for 1 minute or until sealed, and add to the soup with the baby spinach.

Simple to unusual, soup's on for seniors

BRIDGTON - The dish is sometimes simple: chicken noodle soup. It is sometimes unusual: pesto romano chicken sausage soup.
Either way, the soups served during the Wednesday senior lunch at the Bridgton Community Center are getting rave reviews every time.
It is a vote of confidence for some local restaurants that cook up and donate five gallons of their soup du jour to the senior meal program as part of a guest chef program.
"I figured since I was the kitchen manager, I could come in on my own time and (make the soup) when we had somebody else on. We don't mind as long as it helps out," said David Clark, a chef at Ricky's Diner.
He said making soup is his favorite thing to do, anyway. The diner plans to cook soup for the program at least once or twice a month.
The guest chef program is spicing up the Bridgton Community Center's four-year-old senior lunch program.
About 60 or so seniors come to the center every Wednesday for the hot meal offered at a suggested donation of $2. In prior years, Bridgton's Ingrid von Kannewurff cooked and ran the senior meal at the center with a group of dedicated volunteers. She also ran the senior transportation program.
But it was a lot for one person, said Cinda Roy, a senior meal volunteer and youth coordinator at the center.
So near the end of 2006, the call went out to local restaurants to help, since they were cooking up lunch already. It was answered by the chefs and cooks from Fine Kettle of Fish, Morning Dew Natural Foods Grocery & Cafe, Morning Glory Diner, Ricky's Diner, Trailside Steak and Seafood and 302 Roadhouse Restaurant and Pub.
Von Kannewurff is now focusing on the transportation program.
David Goldrup, a Bridgton resident and a regular diner at the senior lunch, said the meal was good when von Kannewurff was the chef. He says having the restaurants involved "is an excellent means of making themselves known to the locals. As a result of it we've visited several of them that we hadn't known of before."
Of the chowders and beef stews and chicken vegetable soups sampled by Goldrup over the past few weeks, nothing stands out as a favorite.
"They've all been very good," he said.
Roy, though, said the chicken noodle soup from Ricky's Diner is the best the center ever served.
Whether simple or unusual, the hot soup meal is an important part of the week for many of the area's senior citizens, Roy said.
"A lot of people get out only once a week, just for this meal," she said. "It's the one hot meal a week some people get."
It is also the perfect opportunity for people like Goldrup to catch up with friends. He'd take Clark's chicken noodle at the senior center over soup from a can at home any Wednesday.
"It's a social gathering as well as a good meal," he said. "I haven't had a bad one yet."

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Pamper yourself with a bowl of chicken noodle soup

Last summer, a popular rap song called "Chicken Noodle Soup" hit the airwaves.

I'm kind of slow when it comes to understanding lyrics, so I'm not really sure what the song was about, but I do know that it was kid-friendly and a big hit.

That song is kind of like the yummy chicken noodle soup that you eat -- kids love it, and parents appreciate it, which makes it a popular dish.

I realize that cooking it yourself means that you can easily open a can of soup, warm it and enjoy it. However, once you take the time to make chicken noodle soup from scratch, you'll never reheat canned soup again.

Plus, since you're cooking for one, it's good to indulge yourself sometimes and veer away from the fast and easy to transition to a made-with-love dish.

Homemade chicken noodle soup is definitely a dish that says, "I love you."

After all, isn't it the dish Mom would make when you had the sniffles?

Chicken Noodle Soup

1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil

1/8 cup cubed or sliced cooked chicken

1/2 medium chopped onion

1 stalk celery, chopped

6 baby carrots, chopped

2 cloves roasted garlic, minced

Salt and pepper to taste

3 cups water

1 teaspoon chicken base

1 cup thin egg noodles

In a small pot over medium heat, cook chicken pieces in oil until browned on both sides. Cover with lid. Stir in onion, celery, carrots, garlic, salt and pepper and cook 2 minutes more. Pour in water and chicken base, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes. Simmer until carrots are just tender.

Stir the noodles into pot (water should be boiling) and cook until tender, 10 minutes.

Return chicken meat to pot just before serving.

Serves 1 (with leftovers).

Friday, January 26, 2007

Chicken Noodle Soup Dancing The Chicken Noodle Soup



Hilarious, I think the video can speak for itself. The soup doing the chicken noodle soup

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

January is National Soup Month


January is soup month and we have to recognize the importance soup plays in our popular culture. You wonder how this relates to the chicken noodle soup dance? Well all soup is recognized, so if it is soup we drink or soup me dance like, the soup must be acknowledged. So get your spoons, get your Webstar song playing. Whatever chicken noodle soup you want, we must salute it. Long live the soup and we humbly praise your continued role in our lives.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Chicken Noodle Soup on Crunk Vol 3 Compilation


The Chicken Noodle Soup song by DJ Webstar and Young B has made its way onto the newest crunk compilation. The compilation features some of the crunkest songs that can get any party started. Released on Jan 9th by crunk label TVT, expect this to be one of the hottest cds for 2007. The chicken noodle soup with its popular dance fits perfectly at track 3. So go cop the latest crunk cd, you wont regret it.


1. David Banner "Play"
2. Three 6 Mafia "Poppin My Collar"
3. Webstar feat. Young B "Chicken Noodle Soup"
4. E-40 feat. T-Pain & Kandi Girl "U and Dat"
5. Akon feat. Styles P. "Locked Up"
6. LL Cool J feat. Timbaland "Head Sprung"
7. The Pussycat Dolls "Don't Cha"
8. Pitbull "Ay Chico"
9. Chris Brown "Run It!"
10. T-Pain feat. Mike Jones "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)
11. Tyrese feat. Lil Jon "Turn Ya Out"
12. Lil Rob " Bring Out The Freak In You"
13. Lil Wayne "Hustler Musik"
14. Jim Jones "Crunk Muzik"
15. Paul Wall "Girl"
16. Ying Yang Twins & Bun B "Git It"
17. Too Short "Blow The Whistle"
18. Gucci Mane feat. Mac Breezy "Go Head"

Monday, January 15, 2007

Chicken Noodle Soup Lyrics

Just When You Thought It Was Safe.
We're Back.
Voice Of Harlem,
Kingdom,
You Remember.
I Got The Finest.
Your Highness.
Young B.

I Got Ma Man.
I Got Ma Main,
Ma Main,
Ma Main, Ma Main Man
The Party King.
Webstar
Lets Go.

(Yea)
Ya'll Already Know Who This Is.
We Got Another One.
I Got Ma Nigga AG.
The Voice Of Harlem
I Ma Girl Young B.
Ya'll Already Know What It Is
(And Let It Rain. Lets Go)
Once Again
(And Let It Rain Lets Go)
(Lets Go)
Its The Dj Webstar

A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out

And Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It

Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain.
(Dj Westar)
And Clear It Out

Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Wit A Soda On The Side

Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Wit A Soda On The Side

Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Wit A Soda On The Side

Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Wit A Soda On The Side

A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out

And Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It

Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain.
(Dj Westar)

I Was On 119th In Lexington
Black Sidekick On The Nexington
Shorty Say Yo, I Look Left
And Then
I'm Like I Wanna Mess Wit Him

A Let It Rain.(Let It Rain)
And Clear It Out.(Clear It Out)
A Let It Rain.(let It Rain)
And Clear It Out.(Clear It Out)
A Let It Rain.(Young B)
And Clear It Out(WebStar)
Let It Rain.(Yea Yea)
And Clear It Out(The Voice)

I Was On 114th At The Kingdom Game
Ag On The Mike Doin His Thing.
Walked In The Park, The Screamin Ma Name
Stop.....! Now Look At The Chain.

(Young B)
Let It Rain.
(Your Doin It Baby)
Clear It Out.
Let It Rain. Clear It Out.
(And I Don't Know, Maybe)
Let It Rain. Clear It Out.
(Just Do It Lady)
Let It Rain. Clear It Out.

I Was On 4-5th
In The Whippington.
Ears Neck and Wrist Was Glissing
Eyes Low Like I'm Blowing Piffington.
Girls Talk Slick
But They Whisperin

A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. And Clear It Out

DJ WEBSTAR

And Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It
Lets Get It

Let It Rain. And Clear It Out
A Let It Rain. Clear It Out

Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Wit A Soda On The Side

Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Wit A Soda On The Side

Young B, Webstar And GTOT
Doin Our Thing.
It Comes Naturally
We Gettin, So We Fly
As Can Be
So All Ya'll Wack
Lables Stop Tryina Sign Me

All The World
Clear It Out
Uptown
Clear It Out
Downtown
Clear It Out
Eastside
Clear It Out
Westside
Clear It Out
WebStar
Clear It Out
G South
Clear It Out
Ma Nigga Smooth
Clear It Out

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Chicken Noodle Soup Music Video



This is the video for the chicken noodle soup song. As you can see the dance is shown in all its glory. It is quite simple but very energetic. This could be a workout if done correctly while doing the dance

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Chicken Noodle Soup


Welcome to the Chicken Noodle Soup blog, your informational resource for everything Chicken Noodle Soup. This blog was developed due to the overwhelming popularity of the dance that has the world going crazy.

The uninitiated may ask what is the chicken noodle soup dance? The dance originated in Harlem, New York and was made popular by the accompanying song, by Webstar and Young B. The catchy combination of song and dance allowed it to be the phenomenon that stormed across America for 2006. The chicken noodle soup can be done in many ways. It’s a bit crazy but looking and hard to describe, but it can be best known as a combination of the tone wop and the Harlem shake.

The chicken noodle soup dance has lived in its share of controversy. As the dance become more popular, that’s when the detractors stepped in. They claimed that the whole chicken noodle soup dance movements amounted to nothing more than shucking and jiving for 2006. Many viewed this as a step backwards.

Chicken noodle soup in 2007. As mainstream America see’s more and more of the chicken noodle soup, it could become the next big thing. It has already found its way into suburbia and this is what is needed to push it into the stratosphere. 2007 could be a big year for the chicken noodle soup and that could just be the beginning.

The chicken noodle soup dance is a movement that should not be taken lightly. It is one of those things that come along and America braces as its own. This blog will attempt to capture everything associated with this powerful movement. So check back regularly as the chicken noodle soup blog will have the latest and most up to date information, news, videos and any and everything else associated with this dance