Chicken Manchow Soup

 

'Chicken Manchow' soup is one of the most popular of 'Indo chinese'  recipes. A rich mix of plenty of vegetables and chicken mince makes it a very healthy, filling and actually can be had as a 'One dish meal" as well. Great as a comfort food and a remedy for coughs and colds.. A perfect winter delicacy.

Needs a little preparation before hand, but ready in a jiffy once you have the preparations ready. Here I present to you my way of making this simple yet wholesome soup. Hope you enjoy it.

P.S.:: Vegetarians can replace the chicken mince with crumbled Cottage cheese/Tofu or simply skip the chicken.

Preparation time : 30 mins

Cooking time       : 10 mins

Serves :  4

INGREDIENTS:

Finely shredded cabbage 100 gms

finely chopped carrots 100 gm

Finely chopped French beans 100 gms

Small bunch of spring onions finely chopped.

finely chopped green peppers

finely chopped ginger 1 Tbsp (Adjust to taste but I prefer lots of ginger in my soup)

Finely chopped garlic 1 Tbsp

Chicken mince around 100 gms

Salt to taste

Vinegar 1 tsp

Dark Soy sauce 1 to 2Tbsp

sugar 2 tsp

Black pepper powder 1/2 tsp

Red chilly sauce 1 tsp

finely chopped green chillies 2 nos

Vegetable/Chicken stock 500 ml

Corn flour 1 tbsp

water 

just a little Oil 

Fried noodles About a fistful for garnish. (These are a must for this soup) 

METHOD :

To make fried noodles:

Boil some noodles in salt water till just cooked (Al dente) remove and rinse them is cold water to remove the starch. Toss these fried noodles in a little corn flour so they do not stick to one another.. Deep fry these noodles in hot oil and keep aside for later use.

TO MAKE THE SOUP:

1. In a wok , take just a little oil about 1 tsp.

2.  Start adding all the finely chopped veggies one by one and keep stirring.

3. Add the spring onion and stir but keep aside some greens for garnishing.

4. Add the chicken mince and stir well to avoid burning of veggies..

5. Add the vegetable or chicken stock (You can add water if you do not have stock)

6. Add the Vinegar, Soy sauce, red chilly sauce, salt, sugar, black pepper powder and mix well.

7. Bring to boil. 

8. Just before serving add the corn flour paste to this soup to thicken it.

9. Garnish with fried noodles and spring onion greens

10. Serve piping hot.