🇧🇹 Bhutanese Cuisine

Bathup

Noodle Soup

Prep Time 30 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Calories 348 kcal

A hearty Bhutanese noodle soup with hand-pulled wheat noodles, vegetables, and meat in a warming ginger-chili broth, perfect for cold evenings.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
250g chicken or beef, sliced thin
4 cups chicken broth
2 cups water
1 large white radish, sliced
2 cups spinach
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp ginger, grated
4 dried red chilies
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt to taste
2 green onions, sliced

Instructions

1 Make dough with flour, salt, and water. Knead until smooth, rest 20 minutes.
2 Heat oil in a large pot. Sauté garlic and ginger for 1 minute.
3 Add meat slices and cook until browned, about 4 minutes.
4 Pour in broth and water. Add radish and dried chilies. Bring to a boil.
5 Pull or roll dough into thin noodle strips. Drop into boiling broth.
6 Cook 5 minutes, add spinach, cook 2 more minutes. Season with salt.
7 Serve in deep bowls topped with sliced green onions.

Did You Know?

Bhutanese grandmothers judge a cook by their noodle pulling skills — even, thin noodles are a mark of culinary mastery.