Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 2 chicken thighs, bone in
• 6 cups water
• 3 T soy sauce
• 2 T dry Sherry
• 2 T oriental sesame oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 T tahini (sesame seed paste) or 2 T miso paste
• 2 T minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1 T sugar
• 1 T seasoned rice vinegar
• 1 1/2 t chili sauce, optional
• 4 cups chopped Chinese cabbage or green cabbage (from 1 head)
• 6 green onions, thinly sliced
• 3-4 ounces dried soba or udon noodles
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• Mushrooms, optional