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Chicken Soup with Jasmine Rice and Ginger Recipe

Chicken Soup with Jasmine Rice and Ginger Recipe
  • Category

    Soup

  • Cusine

    American

Ingredients

⅓ cups plus 1 tablespoon jasmine rice, rinsed

4 cups water

1 three-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled

3 cups low sodium chicken broth

1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon sugar

½ cup shredded cooked chicken

2 scallions, green parts only, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped

Directions

Pour rice and water into medium-sized saucepan. Turn heat to high and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer until rice is very tender and puffed up, about 25 minutes. Meanwhile, thinly slice ginger into matchsticks. Add chicken stock, fish sauce, salt, and sugar to saucepan. Simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Add half of ginger, and simmer for further 10 minutes. Ladle soup into bowl and garnish with chicken, sliced scallion, chopped cilantro, and remaining ginger. Season with salt to taste.