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    Chinese Egg Noodle Soup with Roasted Duck

    May 5, 2020 · By Tu · Last updated: Dec 15, 2020 · 12 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

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    This Chinese egg noodle soup recipe is packed with many sophisticated flavors that will amaze your palate with just a small soup spoon.

    chinese duck egg noodle soup topped with roasted duck, shitake mushroom, and choy sum
    Chinese egg noddle soup with roasted duck

    This Chinese egg noodle soup with roasted duck is easier to make than you think. Also it makes a great crowd satisfying food thus it can feed as many people as you want. Looking for food that tastes like a million dollar and yet so easy and use everyday, affordable ingredients to make? Well, this duck noodle soup is totally what you're looking for.

    2020 - A year of madness

    I've been cooking a lot at home for the past two months. The number of times I've cooked since March in my apartment's kitchen would exceed the total numbers for the last 4 years combined.

    Crazy, isn't it? The ironic is I have a full time cooking job, so technically I cook everyday but not at home.

    Trust me, if your job is spending more than half a day in a commercial kitchen and cooking your way around thousands of tickets, chances are you no longer want to do anything in your home kitchen any more.

    Well, look on the bright side, I have more time to make this Chinese egg noodle soup (duck noodle soup) and to document its recipe to share with the world.

    Essential ingredients in this Chinese egg noodle soup recipe

    Noodle soup ingredients

    Chicken bones - or chicken wings, as you can see in my soup pot. The main ingredient that helps to make the soup taste amazing. Don't use store bought chicken stocks/broths, they all taste too commercially with added additive. It's best to cook with chicken bones to get as much flavor as you could from them.

    chinese duck egg noodle soup made with chicken bones, carrot, cilantro stems, shallot and garlic

    Shitake mushroom stems - these are where you get the flavor and the unique fragrance for this one of a king noodle soup. Without shitake mushroom, you can't get the fragrance that every duck noodle soup supposed to have. Wonder what fragrance I'm talking about? Well, just try to smell shitake, then you'll understand what I meant.

    Shitake mushroom caps - we don't waste any part of these amazing shitake. Save the caps for duck noodle soup garnishes because they are delicious and tasty.

    Spices - star anise, cinnamon stick, black peppercorn and coriander seeds are what create such sophisticated flavor I was bragging about this noodle soup from the beginning.

    Vegetables - carrots and cilantro help to make the soup broth stay on the fresh side rather than the 'too-much-spice' side. In other words, they help to balance the flavor of the soup.

    • Chinese egg noodle soup or duck noodle soup infredients

    Soup seasoning ingredients

    Oyster sauce - the oyster sauce not only helps to season the soup broth but also to bring out the traditional color of this duck noodle soup.

    Soy sauce - together with oyster sauce and other spices, soy sauce brings out both the color and the taste to the table.

    Bouillon seasoning powder - when it comes to Chinese food, the appearance of chicken powder bouillon is a must.

    Recommendations for this Chinese egg noodle soup

    Just like Pho noodle soup, in order to achieve this duck noodle soup's flavor profile to the fullest, you should start making the soup broth 1 day ahead of the serving day.

    For the roasted duck comes with this soup, you can find the recipe here.

    Don't want to eat duck and rather to opt in for crispy, crackling pork belly instead? You're in luck. This 100%-successful crispy pork belly recipe is what you need. As a tradition, you can also serve this egg noodle soup with roasted pork belly so shouldn't you worry about this substitution.

    Chinese egg noodle soup with roasted duck
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    Chinese Style Five Spice Duck Noodle Soup

    Please make this soup 24 hours ahead of your serving day. Also, check the above link for the roasted duck recipe.
    5 from 6 votes
    Prep Time: 1 hour hour
    Cook Time: 2 hours hours
    Resting time: 1 day day
    Total Time: 1 day day 3 hours hours
    Servings: 4 people
    Author: Tu

    Equipment

    • Stockpot
    • Roasting pan
    • Cooking twine or bamboo skewers
    • Sachet or coffee filter

    Ingredients 

    Soup Broth

    • 9 qt water
    • 6 ea shallot peeled
    • 2 bulb garlic peeled
    • 2 lb chicken bones
    • 8 oz fresh shitake, use stems to cook soup save shitake's caps for later
    • 1 oz cilantro stems
    • 5 ea star anise
    • 2 ea cinnamon sticks
    • 2 medium carrot peeled, cut in half
    • 1 tbsp coriander seed
    • 1 tbsp black peppercorn

    Seasoning for Broth

    • ½ c oyster sauce
    • ¼ c soy sauce
    • 3 tbsp sugar
    • 3 tbsp seasoning powder or bouillon cubes
    • 1 tbsp salt

    Others

    • 1 ea roasted duck check recipe link above
    • egg noodle as needed
    • bok choy as needed
    • choy sum as needed
    • shitake's caps

    Instructions

    • In a stockpot, bring water to boil, then add chicken bones. Simmer the liquid, do not hard boil, and skim any excess if any.
    • Use a sachet or coffee filters to combine cilantro stems & shitake stems; black peppercorn & coriander seed; star anise & cinnamon sticks. By doing this, you'll save a lot of time to take them out when the broth is done cooking.
    • Once the liquid is simmer with the chicken bones inside, add the rest of ingredients (including the ones in sachets). Bring to soft boil and let it simmer for 1.5 hours. By this point, the fragrance from soup stock has released and you can smell them through the entire house.
    • After 1.5 hours, take out the bones and all the infused ingredients out. If you don't put small ingredients in sachets, you must strain the broth in order to have a clear consistency.
    • In a small mixing bowl, combine all seasoning ingredients. Put about 2 cup of the hot soup broth into the bowl, stir well to dissolve all the seasoning. Then pour it in the soup pot. Please handle it carefully to avoid getting burn.
    • Taste the broth and adjust it according to your own taste. If you want more saltiness, add soy sauce first then followed by seasoning powder. If you want less salty, add sugar and a little bit of oyster sauce.
    • In a cooking pan, cook shitake caps by soft boiling them or searing on very low heat with no oil. For the egg noodle, choy sum and bok choy, you can fast boil them right before serving.
    • Assemble: In a big bowl, put in a desired amount of egg noodle, then come roasted duck, shitake, bok choy or choy sum. Ladle soup broth cover the entire noodle bowl. Enjoy!
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    1. Beth M

      April 18, 2022 at 2:47 am

      This recipe looks amazing, I can’t wait to try it. However my boyfriend is allergic to mushrooms, is there something I can substitute to help get the depth the broth needs?

      Reply
      • Tu

        April 18, 2022 at 2:56 am

        Hi Beth,
        You can use 2-3 pieces of cloves instead of shitake stems to make the broth. As for the topping, you can replace shitake with fried tofu or just add extra choy sum/bok choy. Please, let me know how it turns out :). Thank you so much for stopping by.

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    2. Hiep

      December 06, 2021 at 6:29 am

      5 stars
      Hi Tu,
      Thanks for the great recipe. My first attempt tasted almost as good as the best Chinese BBQ place!. I have couple of questions:
      1. What was the reason for 1day resting periods. Why can't the soup be served immediately after seasoned?
      2. I have never find noodles that match the quality of the noodles served at the local Chinese BBQ place. Do you have any recommendations on brands or techniques for preparing the noodles?

      Thanks

      Hiep

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      • Tu

        December 07, 2021 at 3:20 pm

        Hi Hiep,
        Thank you so much for trying out the recipe. I'm so glad that you love it. For your question, the soup can definitely serve right after it was cooked. But most of the soups will taste better 1 day later because it has time to develop more flavors especially after reheating.
        For the noodle, to be honest, I also have the problem to find a good Vietnamese dry egg noodle brand. That's why I try my best to grab a packet of fresh egg noodle or fresh ramen noodle from Vietnamese or Japanese market whenever I can (I found Japanese ramen works with this soup perfectly). If freshly made noodle is not an option for you, then you can try to buy package Japanese ramen.
        I hope these help.

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    3. Dawn

      February 25, 2021 at 4:05 am

      Why would you use chicken to make broth for duck soup – why not make duck broth?

      Reply
      • T.U

        February 25, 2021 at 4:10 am

        Hi Dawn,
        The reason I dont want to use duck bones to make duck broth is sometimes the bones carry unpleasant heavy duck smell (like game meat smell) which can easily infused into the broth. And I personally don't like my broth have that game-like fragrance.
        Plus, in the States, it's not easy for most people to buy duck bones only.
        But of course, you're welcome to use duck broth at your most convenient time :).

        Reply
    4. Chris Ott

      December 15, 2020 at 1:06 am

      5 stars
      I have tried making a broth like this since I first tasted Duick Noodle Soup in a Thai restaurant decades ago. This is by far the best bt=roth I’ve ever made, it is also as good as, if not better than, any soups I’ve had in Thai restaurants and Pho houses. The flavor balance is absolutely perfect. My daughter and I were blown away. Tonight I’m going to try using his flavoring regimen with ox-tails to make a beef Pho broth. I’m really excited to find this recipe.

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      • T.U

        December 15, 2020 at 1:36 am

        5 stars
        Hi Chris,
        I absolutely agree with you, this soup is so delicious and should be mentioned more like Pho. Thank you so much for loving the recipe, that really means a lot to me :). Hope to see you around and explore more recipes together.

        Reply

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