Crab and Corn Soup

Ingredients:

• 4cup whole fresh, frozen, or canned corn kernels
• 4cup water or chicken stock
• 2cup milk
• 1tbl vegetable oil
• 2cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2lb crab meat
• Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Procedures:

• Chopped parsley or cilantro (coriander) for garnish
• Puree the corn and water in an electric food processor or blender.
• Strain through a sieve, pressing to extract as much liquid as possible, and discard the solids remaining in the sieve.
• Heat the oil in a large pot over moderate heat and saute the garlic until golden brown.
• Add the corn liquid, milk, and optional crab meat.
• Bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring frequently.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve garnished with chopped parsley or cilantro.

Serves 4 to 6 person.

Via: fooddownunder dot com

Misua Patola Soup

Ingredients:

• 6 cups chicken stock (or shrimp liquor or fish head broth)
• 2 packages (rolls) fine misua
• 1 large sliced patola
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 minced onion
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3 tablespoon patis
• pepper to taste

Procedures:

• Sauté the garlic first and then the onions in hot cooking oil till golden brown.
• Add the stock, patis, pepper, and vetsin.
• Cover and boil for 15 minutes. Drop in patola.
• Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Uncover.
• Break misua into short lengths and drop into the boiling broth.
• Cover.
• Remove from fire immediately.

Via: livinginthephilippines dot com

Quail Eggs in Misua

Ingredients:

• 12 peeled hard-boiled quail eggs
• 8 cups chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons fat or oil
• 2 tablespoons minced onion
• 2 bundles flour threads (misua)
• 2 tablespoons chopped kinchay
• Patis-pepper-vetsin to taste

Procedures:

• Brown onions in hot oil in a deep skillet.
• Add kinchay, patis, pepper and vetsin along with chicken stock.
• Bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and simmer about 10 minutes. Drop eggs, vetsin and misua broken in short lengths into the simmering mixture.
• Stir and cover.
• Remove from fire at once.

Via: livinginthephilippines dot com