Manchow Soup (Umami-Spicy Thick Soup with Fried Noodles, Street Style)
The magic of scorched garlic and soy sauce! Chinese-style soup topped with crispy fried noodles
Description
Staple Indian Chinese soup strongly thickened with cornstarch, stir-frying finely chopped veg/garlic on high heat with soy/chili sauce, topped with a mountain of crispy fried Chinese noodles.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Fried Chinese noodles
- Cabbage
- Carrot
- Onion
- Garlic
- Dark soy sauce
- Chili sauce
- Vinegar
- Cornstarch
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 150g total extremely finely minced cabbage/carrot/onion/bell pepper,
- garlic cloves,
- ginger clove,
- green chili,
- tbsp oil,
- tbsp dark soy sauce,
- tbsp chili sauce,
- tbsp vinegar, 50g chicken (or veg) broth,
- tbsp cornstarch (for slurry), salt/black pepper to taste, massive fried Chinese noodles (for topping).
- Heat well-used stall wok (Kadai), apply oil, toss minced garlic, ginger, green chilies on high heat until just before burning to draw junk savoriness.
- Add extremely finely minced cabbage, carrots, peppers, onions, vigorously frying for seconds leaving crispiness.
- Add dark soy sauce, chili sauce, black pepper, vinegar determining soup flavor here, pouring hot broth instantly.
- As soup turns dark brown near black and boils bubbling, swirl massive cornstarch slurry adding 'intense gooey thickness' like Ankake.
- Pour soup brimmingly in bowl, heap a mountain of 'thin Chinese noodles (Fried Noodles)' deep-fried crispy in oil on the very top. Enjoy the texture of fried noodles changing from crispy to soggy absorbing the thick spicy piping hot soup—Chinese-style junk soup loved by Indian youths.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Black pepper、Red chili、Garlic(derived from sauce)
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Baby Star Ramen (snack noodle) (as perfect sub for topping fried noodles)
Pairing
Chicken Manchurian、Hakka Noodles
Trivia
[Hardcore] Name 'Manchow' derives from China's 'Manchuria', but completely original Chinese created by Indians not existing in authentic Chinese cuisine. The punchy soup integrating intense soy flavor, chili heat, vinegar acidity is an absolute starter invariably ordered before fried rice as ultimate B-grade gourmet warming bodies on Indian winter streets.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Eat fried noodles crispy while floated on soup surface, sink remaining half to soup bottom slurping 'zuru-zuru' like gooey Ankake noodles!
Allergen
Wheat, Soy (Soy sauce)