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    How to Make Homemade Egg Noodles for Soup

    Published: Feb 20, 2022 · Modified: Apr 8, 2022 by Petra Kupská

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    Just two ingredients and a little effort are enough to conjure up delicious homemade soup noodles! These taste best with chicken or beef soup.

    Homemade soup noodles in a bowl.
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    ➜ Ingredients
    ➜ Instructions with photos
    ➜ How to cook egg noodles
    ➜ How to dry egg noodles
    ➜ Useful tips
    How to Make Homemade Egg Noodles for Soup

    This noodle recipe comes from the Czech Republic, where it has a long tradition. Bohemian grannies mostly used to prepare noodles in summer when the hens laid enough eggs. They cut the thinly rolled egg dough into fine flat strips, and these were dried for use in winter.

    To make egg noodles from scratch, you only need eggs and flour. No salt, any fat, or spices. More on this further in the recipe.

    MY TIP: Instead of egg noodles, use celestýnské noodles in the soup (another Czech specialty!)

    ➜ Ingredients

    Ingredients for soup noodles with caption.

    To make flour noodles with egg for soup, you will need:

    • Fresh egg
    • All-purpose flour

    Easy, that's enough!

    ✅ You’ll find the exact amount of ingredients below in the recipe card, which you can also print out.

    ➜ Instructions with photos

    STEP 1: Pour the flour into a bowl and make a well in the middle. Crack an egg into it (photo 1). Gradually beat the egg and flour with a fork until a dough forms. Dump this and the remaining flour onto a floured surface and work it into a semi-stiff dough (photo 2).

    If the dough sticks, dust it with a tablespoon of flour and work it into the dough.

    Making noodle dough.
    Making egg dough for noodles.

    STEP 2: Wrap the dough in cling film (photo 3) and leave it to rest for 15 minutes. Using a rolling pin, roll it out into a sheet of thin dough, aiming for a rectangle or square with as regular edges as possible. Expect this part to require a bit of physical work.

    The dough should be half-transparent; I purposely put it on a tea towel so you can see the stripes shining through. 

    Thinly rolled-out sheet of noodle dough.

    I measured the rolled-out dough, and the rectangle was about 18x14 inches (45x35 cm).

    STEP 3: Now, let the dough sheet dry for about 30 minutes. If you let it dry longer, the over-dried dough would break when you cut the noodles. A well-dried dough is relatively elastic when folded, and it does not crack.

    STEP 4: Cut the dough into strips about 2 inches (5 cm) wide. Cut off any irregular edges. Stack two strips on top of each other and cut into thin noodles. Noodles should be about as wide as a straw. 

    Cutting homemade noodles.

    I use an 8-inch chef's knife for smooth work.

    There you have it; fresh egg noodles are ready!

    ➜ How to cook egg noodles

    If you're going to use fresh noodles right away, always cook them before adding to the soup. Boil them separately in a pot of salted water for two minutes (photo 1).

    Drain the noodles and rinse with cold water (photo 2). That way, you stop the cooking process, and the noodles stay al dente. Then put them in a bowl with hot soup when serving.

    Cooking egg noodles before adding them in the soup.

    In case you cooked the noodles directly in the soup, the remaining flour on the noodle surface could muddle the soup. The noodles also become soggy more easily when cooked directly in the soup. 

    Clear soup with noodles.

    ➜ How to dry egg noodles

    Dry the noodles for later use. Leave them in a warm, dry place. It takes about two days until thoroughly dried. Store them at room temperature in an airtight container to prevent moisture from getting to them. Well stored, they last six months or more.

    Cooking dry noodles takes more time than fresh ones. Boil them alone in salted water for five minutes. Then rinse them with cold water and add them to the soup.

    Noodles for soup.

    ➜ Useful tips

    • The exact amount of flour always depends on the size of the egg. I spoon and - spread two tablespoons of flour on my work surface, and if the dough is sticky, I work it in until the dough is semi-solid.
    • Softer dough (with less flour) is simpler to roll out but sticks more. It would help if you sprinkled it with flour to prevent the dough strips from sticking together irrevocably when cutting the pasta.
    • No salt is added to homemade pasta. Noodles gain saltiness when cooked in salted water. If you salted the noodle dough and then stored the dried pasta out of it, know that salt attracts water. The noodles could become wet and then moldy.
    • If you add fat to the noodles, it will spoil with storage and ruin the pasta.

    More soup recipes:

    • Liver dumplings for soup
    • Sauerkraut soup – Czech zelňačka
    • Clear garlic soup – Czech česnečka

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    Noodles for soup

    How to Make Homemade Egg Noodles for Soup

    Just two ingredients and a little effort are enough to conjure up delicious homemade soup noodles! These taste best with chicken or beef soup.
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 2 minutes
    Resting time: 45 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
    Servings: 2 cups
    Calories: 206kcal
    Author: Petra Kupská
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    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: Czech
    Keyword: Pasta recipes

    Ingredients

    • 1 egg
    • ¾ cup all-purpose flour (100 g) plus more for flouring

    Instructions

    • Pour the flour into a bowl and make a well in the middle. Crack an egg into it. Gradually beat the egg and flour with a fork until a dough forms. Dump this and the remaining flour onto a floured surface and work it into a semi-stiff dough. If the dough sticks, dust it with a tablespoon of flour and work it into the dough.
    • Wrap the dough in cling film and leave it to rest for 15 minutes. Using a rolling pin, roll it out into a sheet of thin dough, aiming for a rectangle or square with as regular edges as possible. Expect this part to require a bit of physical work.
    • Now, let the dough sheet dry for about 30 minutes. If you let it dry longer, the over-dried dough would break when you cut the noodles. A well-dried dough is relatively elastic when folded, and it does not crack.
    • Cut the dough into strips about 2 inches (5 cm) wide. Cut off any irregular edges. Stack two strips on top of each other and cut into thin noodles. Noodles should be about as wide as a straw. 

    Notes

    • The exact amount of flour always depends on the size of the egg. I spoon and - spread two tablespoons of flour on my work surface, and if the dough is sticky, I work it in until the dough is semi-solid.
    • Softer dough (with less flour) is simpler to roll out but sticks more. It would help if you sprinkled it with flour to prevent the dough strips from sticking together irrevocably when cutting the pasta.
    • No salt is added to homemade pasta. Noodles gain saltiness when cooked in salted water. If you salted the noodle dough and then stored the dried pasta out of it, know that salt attracts water. The noodles could become wet and then moldy.
    • How to cook fresh noodles: If you're going to use fresh noodles right away, always cook them before adding to the soup. Boil them separately in a pot of salted water for two minutes. Drain the noodles and rinse with cold water (photo 2). That way, you stop the cooking process, and the noodles stay al dente. Then put them in a bowl with hot soup when serving.
    • How to dry egg noodles: Dry the noodles for later use. Leave them in a warm, dry place. It takes about two days until thoroughly dried. Store them at room temperature in an airtight container to prevent moisture from getting to them. Well stored, they last six months or more. Cooking dry noodles takes more time than fresh ones. Boil them alone in salted water for five minutes. Then rinse them with cold water and add them to the soup.

    DISCLAIMER: Because I come from Central Europe, my recipes are based on metric units such as grams or milliliters. Check out how I convert metric units to the U.S. system:

    Conversion chart

    Nutritional Estimate pro portion

    Calories: 206kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 85mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 135IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 3mg
    Do you like the recipe?I would be happy for your feedback! Please, rate the recipe and share your opinion or questions in comments bellow. Thank you very much.
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    1. T

      November 26, 2022 at 11:33 pm

      5 stars
      Your step by step explanations were just what I needed to be confident in the process. The rolling out of the noodles does indeed require some strength? Do not give up! Well worth the effort. You will never buy noodles in the store again👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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      • Petra Kupská

        November 28, 2022 at 3:25 am

        Thank you very much for your nice words!

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