Crispy Chicken & Spicy Corn Noodle Soup

1h
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Season bone-free fowl thighs with salt and pepper noir.
  2. 2Place the seasoned chicken thighs skin side down in a cold pan.
  3. 3Cook the chicken until the fat is rendered from the skin.
  4. 4Pour out the rendered chicken fat into a mug for later use.
  5. 5Prepare a glaze by mixing oyster sauce and rice-based wine in a small bowl.
  6. 6Brush the glaze over the cooking chicken thighs.
  7. 7Once crispy, remove the chicken thighs from the pan and place them on a baking tray.
  8. 8Transfer the chicken thighs to an oven set at 120 degrees Celsius to keep warm and finish cooking.
  9. 9Char the corn in the residual chicken flavor in the pan.
  10. 10Mix miso and curry chilli oil with the reserved chicken fat.
  11. 11Brush the mixture onto the charred corns.
  12. 12Place the coated corns on the baking tray with the chicken thighs and return them to the oven.
  13. 13Rehydrate dried wakame seaweed in a bowl.
  14. 14Pour the chicken broth (made from simmering roasted carcass, spring onions, starry anuses, fennel seeds, clove, carrot, and onion) into a saucepan.
  15. 15Bring the broth to a warm temperature.
  16. 16Boil eggs for six minutes, then ice them to stop the cooking process.
  17. 17Add dashi and chicken soup powder to the broth to finish it.
  18. 18Slice and chill spring onion and chilli for topping.
  19. 19Cook the noodles according to package instructions.
  20. 20Halve the cooked eggs.
  21. 21Cut the chicken thighs and corn into manageable pieces for serving.
  22. 22Assemble the bowl by first placing noodles.
  23. 23Add the rehydrated seaweed, chicken, halved eggs, and corn.
  24. 24Ladle the hot broth over the ingredients.
  25. 25Top with fermented soybeans in chilli oil, sliced spring onions, and chilli.

Ingredients

  • chicken broth
  • 4 bone-free fowl thighs
  • salt
  • pepper noir
  • oyster sauce
  • rice-based wine
  • 2 corns
  • miso
  • curry chilli oil
  • chicken fat
  • dried wakame seaweed
  • light chicken stock
  • spring onions
  • starry anuses
  • fennel seeds
  • clove
  • carrot
  • onion
  • 2 eggs
  • dashi
  • chicken soup powder
  • chilli
  • noodles
  • fermented soybeans in chilli oil

Equipment

pantongsovensmall bowlwhiskbaking traysaucepanchopping boardknifesoup ladlebowlchopsticks

Tips

  • Seasoning the chicken skin-side down from a cold pan helps to extract fat and make the skin crispy.
  • Using chicken fat to brush and coat the corn adds extra flavor.
  • Icing the boiled eggs after cooking stops them from cooking further and makes them easier to peel.