I partnered with JSL Foods for this post by participating in their Fortune Asian Noodle Blogger Recipe Challenge contest. My job was to come up with a recipe for noodle soup using Udon Noodles. I came up with a yummy recipe that works for hybrid families such as my own composed of vegetarians and meat-eaters. My recipe for Hybrid Vegetarian and Chicken Mushroom Noodle Soup, One Recipe Two Crockpots is so good! It is one recipe that works for two different diets.

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I received free products from the Fortune Noodle Team to make this recipe. I used the original flavor and the mushroom flavor Udon Noodles for this recipe. These noodles are wonderful because they come already cooked so after a short boil (or microwave time) they are ready which makes for a convenient way to make meals for busy families. Plus I love that the noodles are natural, ALA Omega-3 fortified, GMO-free, and contain no MSG.

Other Reasons I Love these Noodles

I like these noodles because they can be used for a quick meal when we need to head off to an evening filled with kids sports activities. It is quick to simply add these noodles to a soup or top them with a stir fry combo.

The other reason I like these noodles is because I can customize the meal to be either vegetarian or meat containing by adding only stir-fried vegetables or meat and vegetables. Since these noodles are easy to prepare, I easily and quickly can prepare the noodles and make a vegetarian or meat-containing meal with very little effort. This makes them a great hybrid meal component.

What is a hybrid meal? It’s a term I use for the cooking I do for my own family where I strive to cook meals that work for both a vegetarian diet and a meat-eater diet. I like to figure out meals that work for both diets as often as I can so I’m not a short order cook. If I plan correctly from the beginning, I can easily make most recipes work for the vegetarian diet and the meat diet.

Ingredients for Hybrid Vegetarian and Chicken Mushroom Noodle Soup One Recipe Two Crockpots

The way I make this recipe work for two diets is I use two crockpots. I prepare the vegetables together and then split them between two crockpots so I can keep the meat portion separate from the vegetarian portion. It’s not hard, I just have to be more mindful in the preparation of the soup to make it work. I am used to doing this as I have cooked this way for years for my own family. I’m not a chef, but I’m trained by life and years of cooking for my own family.

This recipe is not a quick recipe however as it is made in the crockpot. That being said, I find crockpot meals work great for my family because once the prep is done initially it becomes an easy meal to quickly serve after the cooking time.

Ingredients for the Noodle Soup:

• 1 pack Udon noodles mushroom flavor
• 1 pack Udon noodles original flavor (you could use the same flavor for both soups if you prefer)
• butter
• garden vegetable broth
• parsnips
• baby bella mushrooms
• onion
• celery
• lentils
• thyme leaves
• ground marjoram
• celery seed
• chicken tenderloins
• soy sauce
• frozen gold and white corn

I LOVE the parsnips and corn in this soup because these veggies give the soup a slightly sweet flavor which is delicious! I love all the healthy veggies and lentils in this soup as well.

The prep is all done hours before the dinner rush which is one reason I love crockpot meals for my family.

Other Hybrid Recipes: Hybrid Vegetarian/Meat Jambalaya

Vegetarian Or Chicken Enchiladas Customize as a Hybrid Meal

English Muffin Bread Quiche

A BIG thank you to the Fortune Noodle Team and JSL Foods for inviting me to participate in their Blogger Recipe Challenge! I had fun developing a recipe using Udon noodles:) To connect with JSL Foods and Chef Yaki and to learn more about their great products, click on their links below.

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One Dish Two Diets: Recipes for the Hybrid Vegetarian and Meat-Eating Family

Hybrid Vegetarian and Chicken Mushroom Noodle Soup One Recipe Two Crockpots

Try out this Asian Noodle soup recipe for Hybrid Vegetarian and Chicken Mushroom Noodle Soup One Recipe Two Crockpots to make a hybrid meal that will work for both vegetarians and meat-eaters. This recipe is filled with great ingredients like healthy GMO free noodles that contain no MSG, lentils, corn, parnsips, and celery.

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Cook Time 3 hrs

Total Time 3 hrs

Course Main Dish

Cuisine Asian

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  

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• 1 noodle pack, original flavor Udon, for chicken soup
• 1 noodle pack, mushroom flavor Udon, for vegetarian soup
• 3 Tablespoon butter divided: 2 Tbsp. and 1 Tbsp.
• 64 ounces garden vegetable broth divided: 32 oz. per crockpot
• 3/4 cup parsnips cut up
• 4 cups mushrooms, baby bella sliced and coarsely chopped into bite size pieces
• 1/4 cup onion, diced
• 1/4 cup celery, diced
• 1 1/2 cup lentils, dry Sprouted green lentils, cook lentils according to package instructions and drain. Should have 3 cups cooked lentils, divided: 2 cups to vegetarian soup, 1 cup to chicken soup
• 1 teaspoon thyme leaves divided: 1/2 tsp. per crockpot
• 1 teaspoon marjoram, ground divided: 1/2 tsp. per crockpot
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed divided: 1/4 tsp. per crockpot
• 1 pound chicken tenderloins
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce divided: 1 tsp. per crockpot
• 2 cups corn, gold and white frozen. divided: 1 cup per crockpot

Instructions

 

• Cut up and cook parnsips, onion, celery, and mushrooms in 2 Tablespoons butter until soft (add mushrooms in at the end of the cooking time). Remove from pan.
• Add 1 Tbsp. of butter to pan and cook chicken. Cut up cooked chicken.
• Cook Udon Noodles according to package instructions adding in the soup base packet also. Do not drain. Add the Mushroom flavored noodle soup to the designated Vegetarian crockpot and the Original flavored noodle soup to the chicken designated crockpot.
• Cook frozen corn according to package instructions. Split cooked corn in half adding 1 cup to each crockpot.
• Add 32 ounces of garden vegetable broth to each crockpot.
• Add cut up cooked chicken to chicken soup crockpot.
• Add 2 cups cooked lentils to vegetarian soup and 1 cup lentils to chicken soup.
• Split cooked vegetables between the 2 crockpots.
• Add spices: 1/2 tsp. thyme leaves, 1/2 tsp ground marjoram, 1/4 tsp. celery seed to each crockpot.
• Add 1 tsp. soy sauce to each crockpot.
• Simmer in crockpots on high for 3 1/2 hours prior to serving.

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