SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Noodles 1, Chapter 3 (Noodle Soups)

Chicken and vegetable stock (or stock cubes), carrots, celery, fresh ginger, garlic, spring onions, dried thin egg noodles, udon or soba, ramen noodles, rice vermicelli, cooked chicken, mushrooms, firm tofu, spinach or pak choi, white miso paste, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, eggs with the British Lion mark, sweetcorn, nori (optional), chilli oil (optional), Thai curry paste, coconut milk, a red pepper, a lime and fresh coriander. Check labels for fish, shellfish, soy and wheat.

A quick chicken noodle soup (2 portions)
[ ] 1 litre chicken stock (made with 2 stock cubes or home-made)
[ ] 1 carrot, thinly sliced
[ ] 1 celery stick, thinly sliced
[ ] 1 slice fresh ginger (about 1 cm)
[ ] 150 g dried thin egg noodles
[ ] 150 g cooked chicken, shredded
[ ] 2 spring onions, sliced
[ ] 1 tbsp soy sauce, or to taste
[ ] 1 pinch black pepper

Miso noodle soup (2 portions)
[ ] 800 ml vegetable stock
[ ] 150 g udon noodles (dried or fresh), or soba
[ ] 100 g mushrooms, sliced
[ ] 100 g firm tofu, cut into small cubes
[ ] 1 handful baby spinach
[ ] 3 tbsp white miso paste
[ ] 2 spring onions, sliced
[ ] 1 tsp toasted sesame oil

A ramen-style bowl with a soft egg (2 portions)
[ ] 1 litre chicken or vegetable stock
[ ] 1 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 garlic clove, crushed
[ ] 1 slice fresh ginger
[ ] 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
[ ] 200 g ramen or egg noodles
[ ] 2 Lion-marked eggs
[ ] 2 handfuls spinach or pak choi
[ ] 2 tbsp sweetcorn
[ ] 2 spring onions, sliced
[ ] 1 nori sheet, torn (optional)
[ ] 1 tsp chilli oil (optional)

Coconut curry noodle soup (3 portions)
[ ] 2 tbsp Thai red or yellow curry paste (check the label for shrimp and fish)
[ ] 1 tbsp vegetable oil
[ ] 400 ml tin of coconut milk
[ ] 500 ml vegetable stock
[ ] 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
[ ] 150 g dried rice vermicelli
[ ] 200 g firm tofu, cubed, or cooked chicken
[ ] 1 handful spinach
[ ] 1 lime, juice and wedges
[ ] 1 handful fresh coriander

For the experiments
[ ] Extra stock cubes
[ ] Three extra eggs
[ ] A little extra spinach