• Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • X
 Trending:  Easy Recipes
Erren's Kitchen
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Finder
    • All Recipes
    • Course
      • Breakfast
      • Appetizer
      • Lunch
      • Dinner
      • Side
      • Dessert
      • Drinks
    • Type
      • Quick and Easy
      • Vegetarian
      • Pasta
      • Soups
      • Salads & Dressings
      • Rice Dishes
      • Comfort Food
      • Slow Cooker
    • Protein
      • Chicken & Poultry
      • Seafood
      • Beef, Pork, & Lamb
    • Cuisine
      • Italian Food
      • Asian Food
      • American
      • Mediterranean
      • Mexican Food
      • Southern
    • Method
      • Slow Cooker
      • One Pot/One Pan
      • Oven-Baked and Roasted Recipes
      • Stovetop
    • Desserts
      • Brownies & Bars
      • Cakes & Cupcakes
      • Cookies
      • Pies & Tarts
      • Muffins, Breads & Donuts
      • Ice Cream Recipes
  • Videos
  • Conversions
    • US Sticks of Butter Conversion Charts
    • Basic ounces to grams weight conversions
    • Oven Temperature Conversions
    • Butter in the US and the Rest of the World
    • British Dessert Spoon Conversions
    • US Cups to ounces & grams for common ingredients
    • Basic Volume Conversions
  • About
    • Erren’s Kitchen
    • Meet the Team
    • Meet Erren
    • Collaborate
    • Life Stories
    • Contact
    • Our Philosophy

Specialties:

Quick & Easy
Italian
Poultry
Better Than Takeout!
Desserts
Meat
Pasta
Home / Quick and Easy

Quick & Easy Chinese Noodle Soup

A delicious soup with plenty of vibrant flavors that are brought together in one pot. Once you try this recipe, you’ll never go back to the packaged soups again!

Erren Hart

|

last Updated:

03/25/2025
4.50 from 377 votes
Jump to Recipe Video
Serves: 2 big bowls
Prep: 5 minutes mins
Cook: 5 minutes mins
A bowl full of delicious chinese broth with noodles, bok choy, and scallions.

Chinese Noodle Soup in a bowl with sliced green onions on top

This site runs ads and generates income from affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.

This one-pot recipe for Quick & Easy Chinese Noodle Soup makes a super simple, aromatic broth that’s packed with noodles and Asian flavor.

Serve this soup as a starter for Chicken and Broccoli or Chicken and Chinese Mushrooms for an authentic Chinese meal right in your own kitchen!

A bowl of quick and easy Chinese noodle soup with chopsticks holding some noodles above the bowl
Pin This Recipe For Later!

Guess how long it takes to make this soup.  Come on, guess.  Ok, I’ll tell you – 10 Minutes – Yep, 10!  Homemade, delicious soup in no time at all – You are welcome! 🙂

The soup tastes authentic even though it calls for use of store-bought ingredients. And at only 236 calories for a generous bowl, it’s a lot healthier than you get in restaurants.

This Chinese Noodle Soup is perfect for busy weeknights because it’s so quick and simple and you can toss in any meat or vegetables you want.

Why This Recipe Works

  • The use of fresh ingredients makes it so much healthier than instant noodle soups that are loaded with unnatural ingredients.
  • The Asian flavors of the soy sauce and oyster sauce give it a rich authentic taste.
  • It cooks all in one pot, making it not only simple, but it flavors the noodles as they cook.

Once you try this recipe, you’ll never go back to the packaged soups again!  Chinese cooking doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult to make.

I know how easy it is to rip open a package of Ramon noodles to have a quick meal, but I’m telling you there really isn’t a need.

What Noodles To Use

The beauty of this recipe is you can use anything from Ramon (throw away the seasoning packet) to egg noodles.

Just read the package instructions and adjust the recipe accordingly – It’s that easy!

This wholesome noodle soup is low fat, healthy and packed full of tasty ingredients.  So, don’t let a lack of time ruin a meal, this speedy recipe is easy to whip up at the last minute.

I’ve created these recipes because I have cookbook after cookbook filled with pages of lovely looking Chinese noodle soups that quite often come with complicated directions.

My versions are not only quick and easy, but they are delicious too!  The best part is that they are made from fresh, simple ingredients and there’s no packet of powder to be found.

If you make this soup (or any of my others), you’ll never make the instant kind again!

Step By Step Instructions

In a large saucepan, heat the chicken stock and bring to a boil.

A pot of boiling chicken stock

Add the green onions.

the green onions added to the stock in the pot

Add the Bok Choy or Chinese greens.

the green onions and Chinese greens added to the stock in the pot

Add light & Dark soy sauce.

The soup with the soy sauces and oyster sauce added to the stock in the pan

Add the oyster sauce.

The soup with the oyster sauce added to the stock in the pan

Add the noodles right into the soup.

three nests of Chinese noodles added to the pot with the soup

Follow the instructions on your noodle’s package for the cooking time. 

The cooked soup in the pot ready to serve

Once cooked, serve and enjoy!

Quick & Easy Chinese Noodle Soup in a bowl, scattered with green onions with a spoon next to it

Cooking the noodles Separately

  • If you are concerned that your noodles might suck up too much of the soup, just cook them separately (according to the package instructions), add them to the bowl and cover with the soup.

On Making your own stock

This recipe tastes best with homemade stock.  I highly recommend making your own and storing it in the freezer.

Here’s How:

  • Combine the beef or poultry bones, 1 large onion (with skin), 1 carrot, 2 celery stalks, a couple of bay leaves, salt, and pepper in a large stockpot. Cover by about 2 inches of cold water.
  • Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, and simmer for 3 to 4 hours, skimming off and discarding foam occasionally.
  • Strain stock through a fine sieve into a large bowl and discard solids. Cool stock to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Skim solidified fat from surface, discard the fat and freeze in portions in an airtight container for up to 3 months

Recipe Variations

  • Meaty variation: Add leftover, cooked meats at the end to make it more of a complete meal.
  • Seafood variation: Add some raw shrimp during the last minute or so of the cooking process.  Once they turn pink, they’re ready to serve.
  • Vegetarian Variation: Use vegetable stock and the vegetables of your choice. Cooking the vegetables separately is recommended so you control the firmness of the vegetables instead of overcooking them in the soup.

Rate This Recipe

Click here to leave a star rating!

Chinese Noodle Soup in a bowl with sliced green onions on top

Recipe

Quick and Easy Chinese Noodle Soup

A delicious soup with plenty of vibrant flavors that are brought together in one pot. Once you try this recipe, you’ll never go back to the packaged soups again!
4.50 from 377 votes
Print
Prep Time: 5 minutes mins
Cook Time: 5 minutes mins
Total Time: 10 minutes mins
Serves 2 big bowls

Ingredients

  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 3 green onions (finely sliced into rounds)
  • 1 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon low sodium Soy Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon low sodium dark Soy Sauce ((this can be held until the end and added if needed by taste).)
  • 4 oz Dried Chinese noodles (of your choice)
  • 4 leaves Bok Choy/pak choi (sliced)

Instructions

  • In a large saucepan, heat the chicken stock and bring to a boil.
  • Add the green onions, Bok Choy or Chinese greens, soy sauces, oyster sauce & the noodles.
  • Reduce the heat and cook according to noodle package instructions (just until tender).  Serve hot

Tips

  • Cooking the noodles separate:  If you are concerned that your noodles might suck up too much of the soup, just cook them separately (according to the package instructions), add them to the bowl and cover with the soup.
Show Nutrition Hide Nutrition

Nutrition

Calories: 236 | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 3440mg | Potassium: 660mg | Vitamin A: 1370IU | Vitamin C: 47.8mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 3.3mg
Created by Erren Hart
Save to favoritesYour saved recipes will be right here waiting for you every time you visit, so you can easily find and make the meals you love.

Update Notes: This post was originally published in April of 2014, but was republished with an updated recipe, new photos, step by step instructions, tips, and a video in August of 2018.

4.50 from 377 votes (306 ratings without comment)

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Rate this recipe:




250 responses

  1. Rose Avatar
    Rose
    09/26/2022

    Hi Erren!
    I want to try this recipe but I’m confused about the light and dark soy sauce. Does the bottle actually say light and dark? I have Kikkoman Traditionally Brewed Soy Sauce – is this light or dark?

    Reply
    1. Erren Hart Avatar
      Erren Hart
      09/29/2022

      Hi Rose, that is light soy sauce. The bottle would say dark soy sauce. Dark soy sauce doesn’t have salt. If you can’t find it, you can just omit it.

      Reply
  2. Babs Avatar
    Babs
    07/28/2022

    This is a delicious simple recipe to have in any cook’s repertoire. Thank you so much!

    Reply
    1. Erren Hart Avatar
      Erren Hart
      07/29/2022

      I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it, Babs!

      Reply
  3. shouner Avatar
    shouner
    05/10/2022

    can you use stir-fry rice noodles? will they fall apart?

    Reply
    1. Erren Hart Avatar
      Erren Hart
      05/12/2022

      You can. You can cook them according to the directions on the package and then add them at the end.

      Reply
  4. Sothavy Seng Avatar
    Sothavy Seng
    04/02/2022

    This was delicious!

    Reply
    1. Erren Hart Avatar
      Erren Hart
      04/02/2022

      So glad you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  5. Myra Avatar
    Myra
    02/02/2022

    I made this recipe for my family and they loved it. Easy to cook for teens and I love it! I added water chestnuts and bamboo shoots and it added some extra texture. Highly recommend

    Reply
    1. Erren Hart Avatar
      Erren Hart
      02/02/2022

      Yay! I’m so happy you enjoyed it so much! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Deb Avatar
    Deb
    01/24/2022

    Easy and tasty! I added some grated ginger. I will make this again. Thank you!

    Reply
    1. Erren's Kitchen Avatar
      Erren’s Kitchen
      01/25/2022

      That sounds wonderful Deb, so glad you liked the recipe 🙂

      Reply
  7. Ang Avatar
    Ang
    01/06/2022

    I made the vegetarian version of this, absolutely amazing. I will be making this a lot from now on

    Reply
    1. Erren's Kitchen Avatar
      Erren’s Kitchen
      01/06/2022

      I love to hear this Ang, thank you for stopping by to let me know how you liked it 🙂

      Reply
  8. Terry Avatar
    Terry
    09/30/2021

    Delicious! Even the meat eaters loved it. And it really did only take 15 minutes

    Reply
    1. Erren's Kitchen Avatar
      Erren’s Kitchen
      10/01/2021

      Thank you Terry, I’m glad everyone liked it 🙂

      Reply
  9. Rup Avatar
    Rup
    09/27/2021

    I used vegetable stock, didn’t have Chinese greens, so used baby spinach, didn’t have oyster sauce, added red chilli flakes, black pepper and sesame oil, didn’t have dark soy, so added more of the light…and it was delicious and quick and shows you can probably follow the basic technique and add whatever you have! Thank you ❤️😊

    Reply
    1. Erren's Kitchen Avatar
      Erren’s Kitchen
      09/28/2021

      Hi Rup, yes it’s a versatile dish, it’s always good to hear how people experiment with my recipes, glad you enjoyed it 🙂

      Reply
  10. Ronnie Avatar
    Ronnie
    06/01/2021

    What is the dark soy sauce?

    Reply
    1. Erren's Kitchen Avatar
      Erren’s Kitchen
      06/03/2021

      It is a deeper flavor than regular soy sauce 🙂

      Reply
←Older Comments
1 … 7 8 9 10 11
Newer Comments→
A woman with long dark hair and a dark blue shirt is smiling while leaning on a kitchen counter. In front of her are a plate of pasta and a cutting board with chopped herbs. A potted plant, a cooking pot, and a marble backsplash are in the background.

Welcome

Thank you for visiting Erren’s Kitchen! Here you will find a collection of easy & delicious recipes made with fresh, simple ingredients.

MORE ABOUT ERREN

FOLLOW ON SOCIAL!

Don’t forget to tag me on social @ErrensKitchen to be featured!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • X

Win a $100!

Join the Made with Erren Challenge for a chance to win an Amazon gift card!

Find Out More

Trending


  • Best EVER Potato Wedges

    Best EVER Potato Wedges

  • Seriously, The Best Broccoli of Your Life

    Seriously, The Best Broccoli of Your Life

  • The Best Fettuccine Alfredo of Your Life

    The Best Fettuccine Alfredo of Your Life

  • Easy Homemade Tomato Sauce

    Easy Homemade Tomato Sauce

  • Award Winning Banana Bread

    Award Winning Banana Bread

  • Crispy Roasted Potatoes

    Crispy Roasted Potatoes

Reader Favorites


  • Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • The Best Brussels Sprouts of Your Life

    The Best Brussels Sprouts of Your Life

  • Ultimate Orange Cake

    Ultimate Orange Cake

  • Fudgy Chocolate Chip Brownies

    Fudgy Chocolate Chip Brownies

Quick
Desserts
Dinner
Comforts
Poultry
Pasta
Meat
Seafood
Sides

Favorite Recipes from 2024

These posts were seen over 4.5 million times!

  • The Best Brussels Sprouts of Your Life

    The Best Brussels Sprouts of Your Life

  • Seriously, The Best Broccoli of Your Life

    Seriously, The Best Broccoli of Your Life

  • Quick & Easy Chinese Noodle Soup

    Quick & Easy Chinese Noodle Soup

  • Quick & Easy Spaghetti Bolognese

    Quick & Easy Spaghetti Bolognese

  • Donut Glaze Recipe

    Donut Glaze Recipe

  • Crispy Roasted Potatoes

    Crispy Roasted Potatoes

Still hungry?

Subscribe to my Newsletter for all my latest recipes!

All Recipes
Dinner Ideas
Conversion Guide
Quick & Easy
Erren hart of Erren's Kitchen leaning on a kitchen island.

About your Chef

I’m Erren, I have a passion for cooking and baking from scratch to create simple, nourishing, delicious recipes made with fresh ingredients, free from artificial additives and preservatives you find in prepackaged foods.

Meet Erren
Life Updates
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • X
Contact
Work with Me
Privacy Policy
Disclaimer

© All Rights Reserved. Brand by MRD. Site by OC.

457.1K shares
  • 863

Rate This Recipe

Your vote:




Let us know what you thought of this recipe:

This worked exactly as written, thanks!
My family loved this!
Thank you for sharing this recipe

Or write in your own words:

A rating is required
A name is required
An email is required

Recipe Ratings without Comment

Something went wrong. Please try again.