Ten minute quick macaroni soup
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- 700 ml water
- 2 whole dried shrimps
- 2 whole dried scallops
- ½ whole dry shiitake mushroom
To 700 ml of water add a couple of dried shrimps, a couple of dried scallops and half a grated dried shiitake; or use leftover roast meat, ham, meatball or minced meat to flavour the soup instead.
The ten-minute quick version
- 60 g dry macaroni
Bring the water to a boil, add 60 g of dry macaroni and cook on medium high for 6 minutes.
Add any protein wanted -- spam, chicken breast or a hardboiled egg -- and vegetables such as napa, corn or sweet peas; cook together about half a minute.
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp sugar
- MSG
- 0.125 tsp white pepper powder
- fish sauce (optional)
Season with salt, sugar, MSG, white pepper powder and optionally fish sauce; mix well and heat off.