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Thukpa

Name: Thukpa
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 3
Cuisine: Nepal
Ingredients: 250g Chinese Noodles (or udon); 200g Chicken Thigh; 1 Carrot; 1/4 Cabbage; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 2 tsp Chicken bouillon; To taste Cilantro

Noodles

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 3

Difficulty ⭐

Noodles in a broth simmered with vegetables and meat — a warming dish of Nepal's highlands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Thukpa is a noodle soup long eaten along the Nepal–Tibet border, said to have developed to keep warm in the cold high-altitude regions. Noodles, hand-pulled or extruded, are added to a broth richly simmered with chicken and vegetables. Simply seasoned with ginger and garlic, it's a nourishing bowl served in eateries all over Nepal.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a mountain lodge on the Everest trail, trekkers warm their chilled bodies slurping thukpa.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 3)

Chinese Noodles (or udon) 250g
Chicken Thigh 200g
Carrot 1
Cabbage 1/4
Garlic 2 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Chicken bouillon 2 tsp
Cilantro To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and fry the minced garlic and ginger.
Add the chicken and fry until white on the outside.
Add water and chicken stock powder, then the carrot and cabbage, and simmer.
When the vegetables are soft, add the noodles and simmer further.
Scatter with cilantro.

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