Chicken Manchow Soup

Chicken Manchow Soup

Ingredients

1) Fresh chicken breast (Chopped) – 1 piece.
2) Chopped vegetables(beans & carrots) –As required
3) Chopped coriander leaves – ½ bunch
4) Beaten egg (white) – 1 no.
5) Corn flour – 1 ½ table spoon.
6) Ajinomoto or MSG– ½ teaspoon ( optional)
7) Salt- As required
8) Sugar – ½ teaspoon
9) Fried noodles for garnish.
10) Dark soya sauce – 2- 2 ½ table spoon
11) Green chilli chopped – 4-5 nos.
12) Garlic chopped – 8 nos.
13) Ginger – ¼” – Mince
14) Spring onion (scallions) –chopped- ½ bunch.
15) Celery – chopped – 1 stem
16) Oil – 1 table spoon.
17) Pepper powder – As required
18) Water or vegetable stocks– 3 ½ cups.

Method

Heat the oil in a pan, add the garlic, ginger and green chilles and saute for 10 seconds. (Cook the chopped chicken separately in a pan with little pepper powder and salt) Then add the cooked chicken cubes and saute for few seconds. Then add chopped celery and cook till soft. Then saute vegetables, spring onion and coriander leaves for 2 minutes on high flame. Then add soya sauce, salt, pepper and MSG and saute it again for few seconds. Then add the stock and boil the soup for 5 to 7 minutes. Then add the slightly beaten egg white very slowly in to the soup and stir well .Gradually add the corn flour mixed with water and stir continuously till the soup thickens. Serve hot with fried noodles and spring onion.