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Molo Soup

An adaptation of Chinese wonton soup, molo soup hails from the Molo district of Iloilo City, home to Chinese migrants before Spanish colonization.
The traditional filling for Molo soup is ground pork and minced shrimps. In this recipe, chicken is substituted for the pork. Why? I have a daughter who doesn't eat mammals.
Molo soup (pancit Molo) recipe
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Modern Filipino
Keyword: dumplings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Author: Connie Veneracion

Ingredients

Dumplings

  • 250 grams chicken thigh fillets - (skin on) minced
  • 200 grams shrimps - peeled, deveined and minced
  • 1 clove garlic - peeled and minced
  • 1 shallot - peeled and minced
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 24 small wonton wrappers

Soup

  • 6 to 8 cups chicken broth
  • 3 shallots - peeled and thinly sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic - peeled and crushed
  • patis (fish sauce) - to taste
  • ground black pepper - to taste

To garnish

  • thinly sliced scallions
  • fried shallots

Instructions

Make the dumplings

  • Mix together all the ingredients (except the wonton wrappers) for the dumplings.
    Dumplings for Molo soup
  • Place half a teaspoonful of filling at the center of a wrapper, gather the edges together and press the edges to seal.
  • Repeat until all the wrappers have been filled.

Cook the dumplings

  • In a pot, boil the chicken broth, sliced shallots and crushed garlic. Season with patis, as needed, and stir in the pepper. Allow to boil gently for five minutes.
    Cooking dumplings in chicken broth
  • Drop in the dumplings one by one.
  • If there is leftover filling, break up any large clumps and drop into the broth as well.
    Adding chopped shrimps and chicken to Molo soup
  • When the broth comes to a boil, set the heat to low, cover the pot and cook the dumplings for six to seven minutes (see notes after the recipe).
    Molo soup in pot
  • Taste the broth, adjust the seasonings then stir in the scallions.
  • Ladle your Molo soup into bowls, sprinkle in more scallions and top with fried shallots.

Cook’s Notes

Why is Molo soup also known as pancit Molo? I read somewhere, I don’t anymore remember where, that because the dumpling (wonton) wrappers are made with basic noodle ingredients (i.e., flour, salt and water), the presence of the wrappers in the soup somehow qualifies it as a noodle soup.
Minced chicken and shrimp filling takes a shorter time to cook than filling with pork. Do not overcook the dumplings to the point that the wrappers split and the fillings fall out. 
 
Molo soup (pancit Molo) garnished with scallions and fried shallots
Updated from a recipe originally published in May 10, 2012
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About Connie Veneracion

Hello and welcome! I'm a retired lawyer and columnist, wife for 29 years, mom of two, and a passionate cook. What is this blog about? Recipes for dishes we have cooked at home since 2003.

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