Sopas con leche

 

Sopas is the the Pilipino/Spanish word for soup.  It's almost similar with the American chicken noodle soup except for the creamy flavor due to the addition of evaporated (evaporada) milk.  My mother likes using shell or elbow macaroni but other types of pasta can be used as well.  

Ingredients:

• 1 lb of chicken breast including the bone and skin
• 1 large carrot - diced or bias cut
• 1 small head of cabbage - cut in small pieces
• 2 celery stalks
• 1 large red bell pepper - cut into spears
• 1 onion - chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic -minced
• 1 can of evaporated milk
• 3 tablespoons of cooking oil
• chicken broth
• salt
• pepper
• 2 cups of elbow or shell pasta

Directions:

• Boil the chicken in 8 cups of water.  When done boiling, set aside the chicken stock.  Flake the chicken breast and set aside.
• Heat the cooking oil in a dutch pan and sautée the chopped onion and minced garlic.  Before the garlic starts turning golden brown or before the onion starts becoming transparent, add the the flaked chicken.  
• Add 6 cups of chicken stock and evaporated milk.  Let it simmer.
• Add the pasta and let it boil.
• Add salt and pepper.
• Check the pasta to see if they are almost cooked.  When the pasta has softened,  add the cabbage, carrots, and celery.  Add the red bell pepper last.

Tips:

Boiling the chicken breast with the bones and skin add flavor to the soup.
Timing is essential when cooking the pasta and vegetable.  Overcooking both would render the soup mushy and thick.
Adding the bell pepper last would prevent them from over-cooking.
Some people add hard-boiled eggs but it is not necessary.

PILIPINAS

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