Chicken Sopas is the ultimate comfort food! With chicken, macaroni, vegetables, hot dogs, and flavorful broth, this Filipino-style soup is creamy, delicious, and the best way to warm up on cold winter days.
This chicken sopas was originally not on my countdown list, but I came across a post in a recipe group on Facebook from a Filipina asking what will go well with sopas for Christmas. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this Filipino soup when I was planning my holiday posts!
I mean, seriously, what can be more comforting and satisfying than a piping hot bowl of chicken soup on a chilly Christmas day? Well, maybe a piping hot bowl of sopas AND cheese puto.
What is Sopas?
Sopas, which literally means soup, is an integral component in the Filipino cuisine. But although there are many dishes we can classify as sopas such as pancit lomi and chicken sotanghon, it is most commonly associated with a soup made of elbow macaroni, vegetables, and milk-infused broth.
While flaked chicken is the most popular protein ingredient, other meats such as ground beef, diced pork or even corned beef are also used to make this soup.
Tips on How to Make Filipino Chicken Sopas
The macaroni is cooked directly in the soup and the extra starch will thicken the broth nicely. If you prefer a thinner consistency or the soup begins to thicken over time, just dilute with additional water as needed.
What to Serve with Chicken Macaroni Sopas
Since the question “what to serve with this soup” is what had me updating and reposting this recipe, let me share with you how I set it up for a large crowd.
When the soup is ready, I transfer it to a crockpot or a chafing dish to keep hot throughout the party. As I love to round off the soup with extra trimmings, I place individual mugs to serve it in and small containers of chopped green onions, hard-boiled eggs, and fried shallots or fried garlic bits by the crockpot so guests can garnish their bowls to their liking.
The sopas is filling on its own but for a heartier meal, I usually complete it with sides of puto, warm pandesal, saltine crackers, and tasty bread.
As pasta tends to absorb a lot of liquid, drying out the soup over time, I keep a pot of the creamy broth simmering on the stove to quickly replenish the soup as needed. I also like to undercook the noodles a little so they don’t turn too mushy.
If you’re serving the chicken soup at a later time, you can cook the macaroni separately and just add to the sopas when ready to serve.
