Pancit Molo Soup
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Okay, I never knew the name of this recipe until I saw it on my good ole’ friend – Philippines Foods & Recipes – it looks easy enough to make, I might want to try to make some. I just did my grocery shopping for the week, so I will have to put this on my menu for next week. It should last about 2-3 days worth of meals or even a snack. So here is another authentic Filipino foods that can be classified as comfort food. Give it a try you just might like it! ENJOY!! =)
Here is the little bit information about Pancit Molo Soup:
Pancit Molo Soup is one of the simplest and popular authentic Filipino soups. Pancit molo soup don’t have pancit on it. Confusing, I know. This dish is made with dumplings and meat broth. Similar to siomai soup, except that the dumplings in pancit molo are not steamed but cooked in the broth itself.
* 400 g. of ground lean pork
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* 1 carrot, grated
* 1/8 c. of finely chopped onion leaves
* 1/4 tsp. of finely grated ginger
* 1/2 tsp. of soy sauce* 1 tsp. of salt
* 1/2 tsp. of pepper
* 1 egg, beaten
* 6-8 c. of meat or chicken broth
* 1 tbsp. of cooking oil
* 1 tbsp. of minced garlic
* 1 onion, sliced
* chopped onion leaves for garnishing
* salt and pepper to taste
* 50-60 pcs. of wonton (siomai) wrapper (sizes vary)
Pancit Molo Soup Cooking Instruction:
1). Mix together the first nine ingredients (from ground lean pork up to the beaten egg).
2). Put a teaspoonful of the mixture at the center of each wonton (siomai) wrapper, wet the edges with a little water and gather them to form parcels. Make sure that the edges are well sealed.
3). Heat the cooking oil in a large saucepan or casserole.
4). Sauté the garlic until golden. Add the sliced onion and continue sautéing until soft.
5). Pour in the broth and bring to a boil. Drop the dumplings, one at a time. When the broth starts to boil again, lower the heat, cover and simmer for 12 minutes.
6). Turn off the heat and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a soup tureen and sprinkle the chopped onion leaves on top.
Serve while its hot.
REMINDER:
* Season the broth after the dumplings are cooked.
* Do not simmer the dumplings for longer than 12 minutes.
