Chinese Tomato Soup

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  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
water, 1 litersieved & canned tomatoes, 2x500g2 chicken legs2 chicken stock cubes1 onion, peeled and halved3 garlic cloves, peeled and halved6 tbsp sugar (castor)4 tbsp sweet soy sauce2 tbsp vinegar1 tsp of sambal (chili paste)(or more, to taste)1 tsp djahe1 tsp sereh2 tbsp cornflournoodles (I left these out)
Directions
- Bring 1 liter of water to the boil with onion, garlic, chicken stock cubes and chicken legs.
- Simmer for 1 -1.5 hours (until chicken legs are cooked).
- Take ingredients from the stock
- I pureed the garlic and onion and added these to stock, was delicious but original recipe doesn't say to do this.
- Let the chicken cool down, then remove meat from skin and bones and slice finely - keep in bowl until required
- Add seived tomatoes to stock and stir.
- Mix in another bowl the sugar, sweet soy sauce, vinegar, djahe and sereh.
- Stir mix into soup.
- Mix cornflour with a little cold water until it's a smooth paste.
- Add noodles (I didn't as I prefer the soup without but it is in the original recipe).
- Simmer for another 20 minutes
- Add the cooked sliced up chicken.
- Enjoy!




Serving Size: 8 servings

Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 151.6
  • Total Fat: 1.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 26.0 mg
  • Sodium: 345.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 15.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.5 g
  • Protein: 7.8 g

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