Chicken Sotanghon (Bean thread vermicelli) Soup

Here is one of my favourite soups on a cold and rainy day like today.

This recipe is similar to Chicken noodle vegetable soup except I use Bean thread vermicelli.
Filipinos call this Chicken Sotanghon soup.

Here is the recipe I used.

Chicken Sotanghon Soup Recipe
Ingredients
◾2 lbs chicken, cleaned
◾4 ounces sotanghon (vermicelli noodles)
◾1 medium onion, minced
◾4 cloves garlic, minced
◾1/2 cup carrots, julienned
◾5 cups water
◾2 tablespoons toasted garlic (optional)
◾2 to 3 tablespoons Patis (fish sauce)
◾3/4 cup cabbage, shredded
◾1 teaspoon ground black pepper
◾1 piece chicken bouillon

Cooking Procedure
1.Simmer chicken till tender.
2.Save the water used to tenderize the chicken for later use (as chicken stock).
3.Separate the chicken meat from the bone then tear the meat into small pieces. Set aside.
4.Soak sotanghon noodles in water for 6 minutes
5.In a cooking pot, pour-in cooking oil then sauté garlic and onion.
6.Put-in the chicken, fish sauce and ground black pepper and chicken bouillon.
7.Pour the chicken stock and let boil. Simmer for 30 minutes.
8.Add the carrots then cook for about 3 to 5 minutes.
9.Put-in cabbage, and sotanghon noodles then cook for 2 minutes more.