Ciao! Feb/Mar 2016 Digital Issue | Page 27

ciao! cooks Laotian Chicken Noodle Soup Thick rice noodles are chewy and slurpable. INGREDIENTS Rice noodles 2 cups boiling water 1 cup tapioca starch 1 cup rice flour Soup 2 cups chicken broth 1⁄2 - 1 cup rice noodles 1⁄2 - 1 cup chicken, shredded 1 lime, quartered sugar, to taste green onions, to taste black pepper, to taste roasted garlic, to taste dash of soy sauce cilantro, to taste chile oil, to taste METHOD Rice noodles 1. Mix tapioca starch and rice flour in a bowl. Add boiling water (1⁄3 cup at a time) and mix until dough is firm. 2. Form dough into fist size pieces. Roll flat while dusting with rice flour. Cut into strips. Soup 1. Bring broth to boil and add chicken. Add noodles and boil for approximately 4­-5 mins. 2. Pour soup into bowl and serve with remaining ingredients, to taste. Yield 4-6 servings ciao! / feb/mar / two thousand sixteen 25