misua soup

     A sip from a bowl of hot and tasty soup on a cold lazy night could really  be so inviting. And there's a lot of ways to prepare a soup that I could think of, but I had an already opened pack of misua, likely to be forgotten in the shelf. So I had to use it before it expires. 

     

     I thought of adding some sardines in tomato sauce, but I had none at the moment. Some fresh tomatoes, though, and some tuna in olive oil were within reach. I guess those would do. Added some greens and beans, and, there, we had a taste of yummy soup that night.

     Slices of baguette, toasted in the oven for a few minutes for a nice crunch, went with this soup.

Ingredients:

2 folds of misua
1 small can tuna in olive oil (separate the oil to be used for sauteing)
1 can red beans, washed and drained (any beans available)
2 plum tomatoes, coarsely sliced
about 3 leaves romaine lettuce
1/2 onion sliced
2 cloves garlic minced
500ml broth (store brought)
250ml water
fish sauce to taste
pepper


How to:

With the oil from the tuna in can, saute onion and garlic until fragrant.

Add the tomatoes and stir for a few seconds. Then add the broth and water. Bring to a boil.

Season with fish sauce and pepper.

Add the red beans and misua. Stir for a while to separate the strands.Misua strands tend to stick together when heated and cook like a paste.

Just when the broth started to boil again, add in the lettuce leaves. Turn off the heat just when the leaves wilted a little.

Serve hot and enjoy!