"Alternative healers use star anise to fight cold and flu symptoms. Melissa Rubel Jacobson combines the licorice-scented spice with cinnamon and ginger -- both stomach soothers -- to flavor a restorative chicken-noodle soup...."
INGREDIENTS
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¼ teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
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½ teaspoon coarse sea salt
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6 ½ cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
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2 star anise pods
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½ teaspoon black peppercorns
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½ cinnamon stick
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1 inch strip of orange zest
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¼ inch piece of peeled fresh ginger, 1 inch cut into fine matchsticks, the rest thinly sliced
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Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
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6 shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded and caps thinly sliced
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4 6 ounce skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
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3 ounces mung bean noodles (see Note)
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2 scallions, green parts only, thinly sliced