Vegetable Manchow Soup with Chicken
An extremely quick and simple soup to make. Omit chicken and chicken stock and replace with vegetable stock for the vegetarian version. Since a very small amount of chicken is used, I often remove this portion from chicken breasts that have been cooked for another dish.
Ingredients:
| Chicken breast (You could remove 1/2 a cup of cooked chicken from the chicken breast that way poached for some other recipe) | 15 0- 200 gms | |
| Water ( including stock used for cooking chicken) | 6 cups | |
| Garlic, minced or very finely chopped | 1Tbsp | |
| Cabbage, finely chopped | 1/4 cup | |
| Carrot, peeled and finely chopped | 1/4 cup | |
| Baby Corns, very finely chopped | 2 | |
| Vegetable stock or Chicken stock cube (optional) | 1 | |
| Pepper | 1/2 tsp | |
| Light Soy sauce | 2 tsp | |
| Cornflour (cornstarch) mixed with 1/4 cup of water or stock | 4 Tbsp | |
| Spring onion greens, finely chopped to garnish | Handful | |
| Pickled green chilli, or Hot sauce to serve | As required | |
| Oil | 1 Tbsp | |
| Dry Noodles (egg noodles or rice noodles) | 100 gms |
Method:
- Boil the water. Add the chicken breast and a little salt. Cook for 5-8 minutes till the chicken is no longer pink.
- Remove the chicken breast and chop into small pieces. We will need around 1/2 cup- 3/4 cup of cooked chicken. Reserve the stock.
- Heat the oil in a deep edged wok and add the garlic.
- Fry till it turns light golden in color.
- Add the carrots first and stir about 30 seconds before you add the cabbage and baby corn.
- Fry for just about a minute. Also add the stock cube, if using and mash into the sauteed ingredients.
- Next, add the liquid 6 cups (including stock used to cook the chicken), Bring to a boil.
- Add Soy sauce and pepper. You can add more soy sauce later after tasting.
- Boil briefly and then add the cornflour and water mixture.
- Bring back to a simmer and allow to thicken for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the diced chicken and bring to a boil once more.
- Serve hot garnished with the spring onion and fried noodles.
For Crisp Noodles:
- Cook the noodles in very little water till just softened. Drain well on paper.
- Heat oil for frying in a shallow pan.
- Lift several strands of noodles together and lower into the hot oil in a circular motion to create rings. Fry till crisp and golden brown. Drain on paper towel.
Vegetable Manchow Soup with Chicken
Key Ingredients: Chicken, Chicken Stock, Cabbage, Carrot, Baby corn, Garlic, Spring Onion, Salt, Pepper, Green Chilli, Oil, Soy Sauce.
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