Chicken Sotanghon Soup

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Sotanghon is like  comfort food that on a cold day. you make this and it makes you feel comfy, warm and safe inside!  I’ve not had this for a very long time and would love to make it soon.  This would be such a good soup right now… as its cold outside and it just might take the chill out… Thanks Philippines Foods and Recipes So here’s to y’all and enjoy this delish soup!

Chicken Sotanghon Soup Recipe

Chicken sotanghon is a typical Filipino soup that mainly consist of, of course chicken and the sotanghon noodles. Sotanghon Noodles is the Filipino name for the bean thread noodles also known as cellophane noodles or chinese vermicelli noodles which is made from mung beans.

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Chicken Sotanghon Recipe Ingredients:

* 200 gm sotanghon (bean thread) noodles
* 1 cup chopped or flaked cooked chicken meat (you can use left over chicken meat)
* 6-7 cups chicken stock
* 2 Tbsp oil
* 1/2 head of garlic – minced
* 1/2 medium onion – sliced
* 1 Tbsp patis (fish sauce)
* 4 dried Chinese black mushrooms (shiitake)
* chopped green onions

Chicken Sotanghon Recipe Cooking Instructions – How To Make Chicken Sotanghon Soup

1). Soak the dried mushrooms in hot water for about 15 minutes. Remove and squeeze out excess water. Cut and discard stems, slice caps into fourths.

2). Heat oil in a pot. Saute garlic and onion in low to medium heat. Make sure the garlic is not burned.

3). Add chicken meat, mushrooms and patis. Cover and simmer for 3 minutes.

4). Add chicken stock and bring to boil.

5). Drop the sotanghon noodles in the soup and simmer for about 3 minutes or until noodles are tender and cooked. You may at an early stage cut the noodles with scissors to shorten lengths and make it more manageable to handle.

6). Garnish with chopped green onions.

Serve hot with combined lemon juice and patis on the side to taste.