Lomi is a famous noodle soup dish here in the Philippines. It is made out of thick noodles, vegetables, meat or seafood (or both), all mixed within a thick sauce. It is usually cheap and easy to make, yet very filling and delicious, which makes it a famous dish to filipinos. It is a common comfort food specially during the cold and rainy seasons. Try cooking one now with this easy recipe!
INGREDIENTS:
- 100 g lean pork, sliced thinly (about 1 1/2 inches in length)
- 100 g pork liver, sliced like the pork meat
- 300 g chicken soup pack, or chicken stock
- 100 g small shrimps, shelled, reserve the heads
- 100 g fresh squid, cleaned and sliced
- a few squidballs, orlians, chicken balls, fish balls (optional), quartered
- a pack of thick miki noodles (about 1/4 kg)
- 2 carrots, julienned
- 100 g snow peas, ends trimmed
- a stalk of celery, sliced thinly
- garlic and onion, minced
- 1 egg, beaten
HOW TO COOK:
- Wash the chicken soup pack and saute in garlic and onion. Sprinkle salt or a dash of patis and white pepper. Turn sides. When the chicken has turned brown on all sides, add about eight cups of water, cover and bring to a boil.
- Alternatively, just put the chicken in a pan of water and bring to a boil, this way less cooking oil is used. After about 15 minutes, turn off fire and scoop out chicken to let cool. Flake chicken meat and discard skin and bones.
- If using stock just bring to a boil in a pan of water. Put the shrimp heads in a mortar, pour 2 tablespoons of the soup stock, and pound. Pour back the soup, sieving the shrimp heads. Repeat for about two to three more times.
- Heat a little cooking oil in a pan, and saute garlic and onions. Stir fry the pork, liver, squid, shrimps and balls for about three minutes. Transfer to the pan of soup stock and bring to a boil.
- Wash the noodles then put into the boiling pan. Put in the flaked chicken.
- Boil on medium to high heat for about three minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Put in carrots, snow peas and celery. After about a minute, pour the egg, and stir in the soup until it sets. Serve immediately.
- Serve with sliced kalamansi, fried garlic, sliced spring onion, and patis (fish sauce).
SOURCE: lutongpinoy.info
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