Mien Ga (Chicken Cellphone/Glass noodle Noodle Soup)
My husband LOVES this soup. It's a very simple, minimalistic soup that can be made for a lazy indoor day! There aren't a ton of ingredients but it did take me a solid 2 hours to do!
Ingredients
- 2 yellow onions (charboiled)
- 1 generous large knob of ginger (charboiled)
- 1 whole chicken (about 5-6 lbs)
- rock sugar
- fish sauce
- salt
- chicken bouillon
Noodles
- Cellophane or glass noodles (cook according to instructions): can also use bean thread noodle, mung bean noodle ---- place noodles in hot water and let sit for 10-15 minutes, or until perfect texture
1. Charboil the ginger and onions. Shave the charboil parts off ginger and smash the ginger. Wash the charboil parts off the onion.
*note: mom says I used too much onion and ginger - oops. I would probably just stick to 2 onions in the future, and probably just 1/2 or even 1/3 of that ginger.
2. Add ginger, onions, and chicken to large pot. Add water until chicken is submerged. Add 1 tablespoon of salt (or 1 pho spoon). Add 1 small chunk of rock sugar (maybe about 1/2 inch). Add a some chicken bouillon (maybe about 1/2-1 teaspoon or 1/2 pho spoon).
3. Bring to boil over medium-high heat - once it boils, turn down heat to simmer. Cover and cook for 30-40 minutes or until chicken is done. Check with chopstick. Remove chicken. Can also use cooking thermometer for chicken to reach 165F.
4. Cook cellophane noodles according to instruction
5. Season broth with rock sugar, salt, chicken bouillon, fish sauce.
- option with fish sauce: add to pan and heat up - this "wakes" the fish sauce up
- can't remember exact measurements but at least 2 chunks of rock sugar, 1/2-1 small scooping spoon of chicken bouillon, about 1/2-1 ladle of fish sauce.
6. Pair with nuoc mam gung.
OTHER WAY TO COOK CHICKEN:
I have not tried this method yet but this is what my cousin Chi Cam recommended.
Bring to boil with chicken and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Then turn off heat and cover for another 15-20 minutes. Check with chopstick.
Ingredients
- 2 yellow onions (charboiled)
- 1 generous large knob of ginger (charboiled)
- 1 whole chicken (about 5-6 lbs)
- rock sugar
- fish sauce
- salt
- chicken bouillon
Noodles
- Cellophane or glass noodles (cook according to instructions): can also use bean thread noodle, mung bean noodle ---- place noodles in hot water and let sit for 10-15 minutes, or until perfect texture
1. Charboil the ginger and onions. Shave the charboil parts off ginger and smash the ginger. Wash the charboil parts off the onion.
*note: mom says I used too much onion and ginger - oops. I would probably just stick to 2 onions in the future, and probably just 1/2 or even 1/3 of that ginger.
2. Add ginger, onions, and chicken to large pot. Add water until chicken is submerged. Add 1 tablespoon of salt (or 1 pho spoon). Add 1 small chunk of rock sugar (maybe about 1/2 inch). Add a some chicken bouillon (maybe about 1/2-1 teaspoon or 1/2 pho spoon).
3. Bring to boil over medium-high heat - once it boils, turn down heat to simmer. Cover and cook for 30-40 minutes or until chicken is done. Check with chopstick. Remove chicken. Can also use cooking thermometer for chicken to reach 165F.
4. Cook cellophane noodles according to instruction
5. Season broth with rock sugar, salt, chicken bouillon, fish sauce.
- option with fish sauce: add to pan and heat up - this "wakes" the fish sauce up
- can't remember exact measurements but at least 2 chunks of rock sugar, 1/2-1 small scooping spoon of chicken bouillon, about 1/2-1 ladle of fish sauce.
6. Pair with nuoc mam gung.
OTHER WAY TO COOK CHICKEN:
I have not tried this method yet but this is what my cousin Chi Cam recommended.
Bring to boil with chicken and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Then turn off heat and cover for another 15-20 minutes. Check with chopstick.
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