Comfort food for the rainy season

MANILA, Philippines - Homemade soup satisfies the tummy and warms the heart on rainy days.

Chicken soup is the most ideal food to serve on a cold, rainy day. Nothing beats the comfort of snuggling indoors while eating a steaming bowl of tinola or arroz caldo.

When making any chicken-based dish, the brand most trusted by Filipinos is Magnolia Fresh Chicken.

Magnolia Chicken Station offers limitless opportunities to create a variety of chicken dishes. You can whip up your favorite soup and other family recipes without the time-consuming tasks of chopping, cutting and deboning. Choose from the special cuts such as tinola, recado, or adobo. There are also a variety of chicken formats that are breaded, de-boned, filleted or marinated.

For inquiries on the Magnolia Chicken Station nearest you or for additional recipes, call 632-CHIX(2449) or visit www.magnoliachicken.com.

Try serving Magnolia chicken wanton soup. This delectable dish uses Magnolia Chicken Station siomai packed with herbs and spices for a flavorful broth.

CHICKEN WANTON SOUP

Ingredients

Magnolia Chicken siomai

2 tbsps. cooking oil

1/2 cup onion leeks, sliced

2 to 3 cups chicken stock

2 pinches ngo-hiong

2 tsps. soy sauce                                       

2 tsps. rice wine

a pinch of salt

2 pinches white pepper

1 tsp.   sesame oil

chives chopped

Procedure:

Saute onion leeks in cooking oil, add chicken stock, pinch of ngo-hiong, dash of soy sauce and rice wine.

Add Magnolia Chicken siomai, let it simmer to cook. Put Chinese cabbage or bokchoy one minute before serving.

Add sesame oil. Serve with chives on top.