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Chicken Molo Soup

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Chicken Molo Soup

Chicken Molo Soup is a fragrant annatto-tinted broth with delicate chicken-and-shrimp wontons.

45 minutes · Serves 4

Ingredients for Chicken Molo Soup

  • 1 lb ground chicken
  • 12 to 15 fresh shrimp, minced
  • Juice extracted from shrimp heads
  • 20 to 30 wonton wrappers
  • 1 Knorr Chicken Cube
  • 2 medium yellow onions, minced
  • 1 1/2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp annatto powder or 1/2 cup annatto seeds soaked in 1/2 cup warm water
  • 12 cloves toasted garlic
  • 3/4 cup chopped scallions
  • 6 cups water
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt

How to cook Chicken Molo Soup

  1. 1.Mix chicken, minced shrimp, half the onion, 1 teaspoon pepper, salt, and sesame oil. Fill and seal wonton wrappers.
  2. 2.Bring water to a boil in a pot. Add remaining onion, shrimp-head juice, annatto powder or strained annatto water, and half the toasted garlic.
  3. 3.Cover and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes. Add wontons, chicken cube, remaining pepper, and fish sauce.
  4. 4.Cover and cook over low-medium heat for 12 to 15 minutes, until the wonton filling is cooked through.
  5. 5.Ladle into bowls and top with scallions and remaining toasted garlic.
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