Misua is a soup dish that’s best eaten during the rainy season or even when the weather is tipping on the colder side.
Depending on the cook, this misua soup recipe can be prepared by using a variety of ingredients, such as chicken and pork, patola, sliced hard-boiled eggs, or even malunggay leaves.
In this case, we’re going to use shrimp and shrimp juice for a delicious seafood taste.
As the recipe has misua noodles in it, it could be said that the recipe is Chinese-influenced, given Chinese cuisine’s affinity to noodles both in soup-based and stir-fried recipes.
Cooking misua is very easy; so easy that even a beginner can do it. The cooking involves sauteing, adding the vegetables and the preferred meat to a boil, then adding the misua and the malunggay leaves.
This could then be left to simmer until the meat and the vegetables are tender.
Misua soup recipe and cooking tips
It’s recommended that you use patola to give the misua recipe a crunch and a strong flavor in the soup.
As for using chicken, you can boil it up beforehand and use the water to serve as the broth that you’ll use for the misua soup. In addition, you can shred the chicken meat into smaller pieces before putting it into the pot.
If you’re using shrimp, like in this recipe, you can add the shrimp juice to the broth and you can prepare this dish really quick. The shrimp doesn’t need to cook that long.
Due to the humble and homey taste of misua, the dish is commonly also served as a dish whenever someone’s sick, as the easy combination of the misua soup. shredded meat, and sliced vegetables is easy for a sick person to digest.
However, you shouldn’t wait for it to rain or get cold, or for you to get sick before serving this soup.
You can totally cook this up if you just want to unwind after a long day, as this soup is surely comforting.
If you want to see how misua is cooked, Jackie A Vlogs does a great job in this video:
Filipino shrimp misua soup with patola
Misua is a soup dish that's best eaten during the rainy season or even when the weather is tipping on the colder side. Depending on the cook, this misua soup recipe can be prepared using a variety of ingredients, such as chicken and pork, patola, sliced hard-boiled eggs, or even malunggay leaves. Course SoupCuisine FilipinoKeyword Patola, Shrimp, Soup Prep Time 10 minutesCook Time 15 minutesTotal Time 25 minutes Servings 3 people Calories 228kcal Author Joost Nusselder Cost $6Ingredients
- 1 medium patola peeled and sliced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 small white onion sliced
- 1 pack hibe or 100 grams peeled shrimps
- 2 pcs misua noodles
- 4 cups water with shrimp juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions
- Saute garlic until brown and add onion. Add hibe, patola and misua. Cook for a minute.
- Pour in water and bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve while hot.
Nutrition
Calories: 228kcalAside from this misua soup with patola, you can also try this almondigas recipe, which contains misua and meatballs.
