Chicken Sopas

This series will not be complete without my all-time-favourite dish—chicken sopas!  I have tried a few other recipes but they all failed in comparison to my mother’s.  I guess the secret lies in the way she prepares and the ingredients she uses. 

Ingredients:

1 garlic clove

1 medium size onion

½ kilo elbow macaroni noodles

½ kilo chicken breast

1 celery stick

1 small carrot

3 small cans of Libby’s Vienna sausage cut in diagonical bits

1 tetra pack of Nestle All-purpose cream

olive oil

patis (fish sauce)

salt and ground white pepper

Preparations:

·        Boil the chicken breast to tenderize. Add a pinch of salt into the stock then cover;

·        Remove the chicken breast and set aside to cool;

·        Shred the chicken breast into fine strips;

·        Cut the celery and carrot into small bits

Directions:

·        Sautee the minced garlic and onion in olive oil;

·        Add the shredded chicken breast then continue sautéing;

·        Add the elbow macaroni noodles and add patis sparingly then stir;

·        Add celery then the chicken stock. Cover to simmer;

·        Add the cut carrot and Vienna sausage before the noodles become al dente;

·        Add the All-purpose cream.  Stir before adding a pinch of salt and ground pepper to taste. Cover to simmer;

·        Optional:  Add a few more drops of fish sauce to enhance taste.

Serve while hot!