There is nothing like having a bowl of hot Creamy Chicken Sopas to make you feel warm and comfy on a cold day, especially during this time when the temperature outside starts to get chilly. This recipe should be able to help you cook a delicious sopas that you can serve to the entire family.
This Creamy Chicken Sopas Recipe makes use of boneless chicken breasts and hot dogs. You may use bone-in chicken breast with skin too. Just make sure to remove the bones later on while you are shredding the meat. The hotdogs are nice to have. It also helps makes the dish look colorful and festive.
It is important for chicken sopas to be flavorful and have that nice solid chicken taste. This is one of the reasons why I am using chicken cube for this recipe. The evaporated milk, on the other hand, makes this soup dish rich and creamy; it also a distinctive ingredient that makes Filipino chicken macaroni sopas unique from other chicken noodle soups.
How to Cook Chicken Sopas
Start by preparing the chicken. Boil for around 18 minutes or until fully cooked. You will need to shred the chicken meat afterwards. Make sure that the chicken cools down before shredding.
There sauteeing involved in the process. Heat oil and start to saute the garlic, onion, celery, and carrot. These ingredients brings-in flavor to your chicken soup. Add the shedded chicken and hotdog slices. Note that the use of hotdog is optional.
Pour the water used in boiling the chicken earlier. You will have the leverage when using this because it is already infused with chicken flavor. Add the chicken cube for a more solid chicken taste. This makes a difference.
The macaroni cooks next. Make sure to add more water if needed. Sometimes the pasta absorbs more liquid than expected. Add cabbage and milk. Season with salt and pepper. It is that simple. Beginners will love this recipe.
Chicken Sopas with Milk
Milk makes this chicken sopas version rich and creamy. I am using evaporated milk for this recipe. Alternative ingredients for this type of milk includes fresh milk, powdered milk mixed in water, and whipping cream.
I recommend that you try to consume your sopas in one sitting. If there are leftovers, chances are that the macaroni will absorb the liquid overtime. You will have a bloated macaroni noodle dish the next day with almost no liquid left. You can add more water and milk, but this can make the macaroni soggy.
Try this Creamy Chicken Sopas Recipe. Enjoy!
Creamy Chicken Sopas
Ingredients
- 12 oz. chicken breasts boneless
- ½ piece cabbage sliced
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 1 piece onion diced
- 3 pieces hotdog sliced
- ¾ cups carrots diced
- 12 oz. evaporated milk
- 1 ½ cups elbow macaroni
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 piece Knorr Chicken Cube
- 6 to 8 cups water
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Boil 3 cups water in a medium pot. Add the chicken breasts.
- Cover and cook in medium heat for 15 to 18 minutes. You may add more water if needed.
- Separate the chicken from the water. Let the chicken cool down and then shred. Set both shredded chicken and water aside.
- Heat oil in a large soup pot. Sauté the garlic until it turns medium brown. Add onion, celery, and carrot. Continue to sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the shredded chicken. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the hot dog. Quickly stir and then pour the water used to boil the chicken. Also pour the remaining water. Let boil.
- Add the Knorr Chicken Cube. Stir. Cover and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Put the elbow macaroni in the pot. Cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the cabbage. Stir and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Note: you can add more water if needed.
- Pour the evaporated milk. Stir, let boil, cover and cook for another 3 minutes.
- Add salt and ground black pepper to taste.
- Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve.
- Share and enjoy!
Tasha Barcelona says
Thank you for this easy recipe! I really appreciate it! Keep up the good work!
Paangngipin says
Excellent recipe. I added cream cheese to make it thicker and cayenne pepper para may onting anghang. Next babawasan ko yung elbow macaroni into just 1 cup.
Fernando Perez says
Sopas na naging halo halo dahil sa gatas ????… Still like the old style of sopas no milk please,, pampataka yun!!
Aileen says
Just wanted to let you know na kapag andito ako sa Panlasang Pinoy, I check to see if si Vanjo Merano ang may post kasi easy to follow at masarap mga version nya! Thank you po Vanjo Merano!
Marie says
Very easy to make and affordable recipe
felicitas uclaray says
thank you for this recipe..appreciate it taste good
Franchette Anne Buck says
Tried this with chicken thighs and liquid chicken broth. It tasted so good! My husband even packed some for his lunch at work! ????
ludybel says
I used Margarine instead of cooking oil. Or corned beef instead of chicken. But your version is ok too. Kanya kanyang way of cooking sopas.
Alli Hall says
Just keep the noodles separate and only add when ready to eat!! Then you can have chicken noodle for days
Benjie says
If you use corned beef instead of chicken it’s not chicken sopas anymore. It’s called corned beef sopas.
Cecilio Ricardo says
My girl was craving sopas and I found this recipe. We added chicken broth vs water with cayenne pepper because we enjoy a little spicy with our soup. She loved it and I got some points.
Rick
JayJay says
I get all my recipes from you. Didn’t know how to cook until I found your website. Everything I’ve made so far has been delicious. Thanks to you!
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