The Filipino's Sopas

Guys, I want to share to you a Filipino recipe that you will love for sure!
Creamy Macaroni Chicken Soup or popularly known as Sopas, came from the Hispanic word “sopa”, meaning soup. This is a soup dish that we Filipinos have come to own eventhough macaroni is practically Italian.

Estimated preparation and cooking time: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Ingredients:

500 g chicken breast
4 cloves garlic (minced)
2 white onions (minced)
1 large bell pepper (seeded and sliced into strips)
freshly ground black pepper
2 carrots (sliced into thin strips)
350 g macaroni noodles
2 cups evaporated milk
1 medium cabbage (roughly shredded)
2 Tbsp margarine
fish sauce / patis
rock salt
chopped spring onions

Cooking Instructions

Boil the chicken in 4 cups water. Save the broth to be used later.
Shred the Chicken meat with your fingers. Set aside.
Saute garlic and onion in oil over medium heat.
Add the bell pepper and cook until aromatic.
Stir in the shredded chicken.

Season lightly with ground black pepper.Add the carrots, a quick sauté then the macaroni. Give it a stir to get the fat all around the pasta.Pour in the chicken broth and 5 cups water. Simmer.
Pour in the milk, stirring gently.Add the cabbage. From this point, the macaroni and the cabbage will cook at about the same time.Add the margarine.Season with patis or salt.

Surely the best soup for today's rainy season. . .
Enjoy your meal!