Quick Pick-Me-Up Bamboo Mustard and Noodle Soup

The tonic effect of chicken broth is well known in the West and East. Here, the two worlds meet easily in a ten-minute preparation that combines the typically Jewish additions of egg noodles and dill with the typically Chinese ginger and mustard cabbage. The stalks turn tender and juicy, while the leaves melt into the broth, and both parts become a brilliant green. A soup that feels familiar but not ordinary, it is doubly equipped to cure what ails you—or just to enjoy as a quick lunch or f