By Grocery List Plus Editorial Staff | Published on June 4, 2026
Serves 4
1064 cal · 8 min
DIY Chicken and Dill Instant Noodles
Recipe GLPR037d6a530f309e
A quick, comforting bowl of tender shredded chicken, sweet peas, and fragrant fresh dill served over soft rice noodles in a savory chicken broth. Ready in under 10 minutes, this is a simple yet satisfying one-pot meal that brings restaurant-quality flavor to your kitchen.
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Ingredients
4 tablespoons chicken base (such as Better Than Bouillon)
1 cup frozen peas
1 small onion, thinly sliced
12 ounces shredded cooked chicken
4 nests rice noodles or precooked ramen
Kosher salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/2 cup fresh dill, minced
Directions
Bring 6 cups of water to a boil in a large pot over high heat. Stir in the chicken base until fully dissolved, creating a fragrant broth.
Add the sliced onion to the boiling broth and cook for 1 minute until softened.
Place the rice noodle nests into the broth and cook according to package directions, typically 3–4 minutes, until tender. If using precooked ramen, add and heat through for 1–2 minutes.
Gently stir in the shredded chicken and frozen peas, and simmer for 1 minute until the peas are heated through.
Remove from heat and fold in the fresh minced dill. Taste and adjust seasoning with kosher salt and black pepper as needed.
Divide among four bowls and serve immediately, ensuring each portion receives an equal share of noodles, broth, and garnish.
Comments
This is a genuine weeknight win for a Charlotte family. Every ingredient is stocked at any major local chain—chicken base, frozen peas, onion, and dill are standard finds at Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Kroger, or Walmart, no special trip needed. At roughly $1.50 to $2.00 per serving (depending on whether you use grocery-store rotisserie or raw chicken and bulk rice noodles), it lands solidly in the budget category. The stated eight minutes is honest if your chicken is pre-cooked or thinly sliced; with raw chicken it runs closer to 15 minutes, so that's worth knowing. It reheats decently in the microwave or a quick stovetop simmer, though the noodles soften further on the second day. The one minor miss is that dill—while not hard to find—adds a slightly fancy touch that some home cooks skip or forget to stock, and it's what actually makes this taste intentional rather than generic.
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