Chicken Sopas

Chicken Sopas

Chicken Sopas is a soup dish filled with diced or shredded boneless chicken meat and elbow macaroni noodles. This chicken soup is a common breakfast or snack food among Filipino families particularly during the rainy season. Since this is a family favorite, most Filipino families have their own treasured Chicken Sopas recipe. I’m guessing that some recipes might even be passed from generation to generation.

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons butter

1 medium sized onion, diced

1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, diced

32 ounces chicken broth (about 4 cups)

2 cups elbow macaroni

3/4 cup celery stalk, chopped

3/4 cup carrots, diced

3/4 cup cabbage; shredded

3/4 cup fresh or evaporated milk

1 cup water

Salt and ground black pepper to taste



Cooking Procedure:

Heat a cooking pot and put-in the butter. Allow the butter to melt.
Add onions and cook until the texture becomes soft.
Put-in the boneless chicken breasts and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
Sprinkle some salt and ground black pepper and stir.
Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.
Pour-in water and milk and wait to re-boil. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
Add the elbow macaroni and cook for 8 minutes while stirring once in a while.
Put-in the carrots and celery and simmer for 3 minutes.
Add the cabbage and cook for 2 minutes more.
Turn-off the heat and transfer to a serving plate.