Filipino Patola Soup with Misua

Cold, rainy days call for this Filipino noodle soup full of prawns, spongy patola squash, and chewy misua noodles, with a hint of fish sauce.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 302 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• ⅓ pound prawns, peeled and deveined
• 3 ¼ (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 1 patola (luffa squash), peeled and cut crosswise into chunks
• 1 (8 ounce) package misua (salted wheat) noodles, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add prawns; cook and stir until starting to turn color, about 2 minutes. Add fish sauce and pepper; cover and cook until slightly reduced, about 2 minutes.

Step 2

Pour chicken broth into the skillet with prawns. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until flavors begin to combine, about 2 minutes. Add patola; re-cover and cook until mostly softened, about 5 minutes. Add misua noodles; let simmer until tender yet firm to the bite, about 2 minutes.