Easy Chicken Sotanghon – Hearty Comforting and Delicious

How to cook this affordable yet filling Easy Chicken Sotanghon? This Filipino version of the classic comforting chicken noodles soup is the ideal dish to warm up to during the rainy weather, colder months, or for busier days. Check out this quick Yummy Sotanghon Recipe with Chicken down below.

Looking for a budget friendly but still filling and healthy dish? Look no Further than this Simple Sotanghon recipe. Soups are just one of those dishes that you might not really think of until the colder weather months come close. But when it comes to looking for a dish that’ll warm you up and make you feel better when you’re sick and feeling sad. This flavorful broth will surely wake up your senses. This easy Chicken Sotanghon Recipe with vegetables is so simple it can be made in just 4 steps and in more or less 20 minutes.

Ingredients :

• Chicken – the main meat of the dish. Full of protein and slight savory flavor.
• Sotanghon – also known as ‘vermicelli noodles‘ these noodles look delicate but they have a slight chew to them. Often made of mung bean starch, yam, or cassava stach.
• Ginger, Garlic, Onion – your usual Filipino aromatics.
• Pepper – to taste
• Fish sauce – this condiment adds a tangy type of saltiness and fishy taste. Use this instead of salt to add more impact and umami.
• Rice water – you can also use regular water. If you are using rice water, use the rice was after the 1st or 2nd rinse. Rice water just gives a subtle sweetness and helps thicken the soup slightly.
• Chicken broth cube – Added umami and flavor into the dish.
• Ampalaya leaves – just for added fiber and it’s also great for regulating blood sugar and helps with digestion.
• Oil – for sauteing

Simple Chicken Sotanghon Recipe

Ingredients :

• 500 grams chicken
• 80 grams sotanghon ( vermicelli noodles )
• 1 thumb-sized ginger ( sliced )
• 5 cloves garlic ( chopped )
• 1 medium onion ( sliced )
• Pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 4 – 5 cups rice water
• 1 piece chicken broth cube
• Ampalaya leaves
• Oil for sauteing

Steps :

1. Prepare the noodles by soaking it with water for at least 10 minutes. Set aside. 

2. In a pan with some oil saute ginger, garlic, and onions until aromatic. Then add in the chicken. Cook until it changes in color. 

3. Mix in pepper and fish sauce. Add in rice water and a broth cube. Cover and bring to a boil. Add in the softened noodles and simmer for a few minutes until the noodles are fully cooked.

4. Add in ampalaya leaves and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer into a serving bowl and enjoy !

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Questions

• Additional Chicken Sotanghon Ingredients

While this easy chicken sotanghon soup recipe already tastes absolutely delightful. You can also choose to add more ingredients to make the soup feel more fuller. Add more leafy greens like cabbage, spinach, pechay, or for a slicer green try adding chili leaves, you can also add some starch by sauteing in potatoes, sweet potatoes, other yams or carrots, add carrots, mushrooms adds a nice umami flavor into the dish, while tomatoes can give you a nice savory richness. For additional ‘meat’ you can add squid balls or fish balls to pair with the chicken.

• What to Pair this with ?

Pair this easy chicken sotanghon recipe with rice, a side of soy sauce or salt for anyone who like a saltier take, or for more cards place a side of pandesal or toasted white bread.

What is Sotanghon ?

Sotanghon or “Vermicelli Noodles” or “Cellophane Noodles” in English is a thin transparent glass like noodles that is usually made of mung bean starch. It looks brittle, stiff, and opaque when uncooked, and once it’s been softened  and fully cooked it turns into a transparent and ( depending on where it’s mixed it will be tinder by the  soup or sauce’s color ) a slightly chewy and springy noodle texture. These are often used in Filipino and Filipino-Chinese dishes. This is because this type of noodle came from Chinese traders and immigrants who introduced these to the Philippines and slowly got integrated into Filipino food culture, added into traditional and modernized dishes to suit Filipino tastes.

Popular choices of using these ingredients are in soups like a variety of beef, fish, seafood, pork and especially chicken sotanghon soup recipes you can find on the internet, or sauteed recipes like Sotanghon Guisado. You can also find these usd in other dishes like Salads or spring rolls to give it a nice bouncy texture. Check out our other sotanghon noodles recipe down below!

Simple Chicken Sotanghon Resipi ( Tagalog ) :

Mga Sangkap :

• 500 gramo manok
• 80 gramo sotanghon
• 1 daliri ng luya ( hiniwa )
• 5 butil ng bawang ( tinadtad )
• 1 sibuyas ( hiniwa )
• Paminta panlasa
• 2 kutarang patis
• 4 – 5 tasa ng tubig bigas
• 1 piraso chicken broth cube
• Dahon ng ampalaya
• Mantika panluto

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ihanda ang mga sotanghon. Ilagay ito sa mangkok na may tubig ng 10 minuto. Itabi.
2. Sa kawali, lutuin ang luya, bawang at sibuyas hanggang bumango. Haluin dito ang manok. Lutuin hanggang mag iba ng kulay.
3. Haluan ng paminta at patis. Dagdagan dito ang tubig bigas at broth cube. Takpan at pakuluin. Ihalo ang pinalambot na sotanghon at lutuin ng ilang minuto o hanggang lalong maluto ang sotanghon.
4. Isama ang dahon ng ampalaya at lutuin ng 2 – 3 minuto. Ilipat sa serving bowl at ienjoy !