Sweet and Sour Chicken Soup

This is a simple, quick and easy, yet very tasty and healthy chicken soup. Recipe courtesy of my Mom's stash.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 6  cups  low-fat chicken broth
• 2  tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2  tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
• 1  teaspoon  peeled minced fresh ginger
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon white pepper (important to use WHITE pepper, this isn't the same with black)
• 1 1⁄2 cups  thinly sliced  shiitake mushroom caps
• 2  cups  shredded  cooked chicken
• 2  cups  thinly sliced  spinach leaves
• 1 1⁄2 ounces  somen noodles (wheat noodles) or 1 1⁄2 ounces angel hair pasta, uncooked

Directions

1. Combine first 8 ingredients in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes.
2. Stir in chicken, spinach and noodles; cook 5 minutes.