Managed to eat half the meat in the noodle soup (5)
I believe the answer is:
ramen
'the noodle soup' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'managed to eat half the meat' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to eat' indicates putting letters inside.
'half the' means to take half the letters.
'meat' halved is 'me'.
'ran' placed around 'me' is 'RAMEN'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for ramen that I've seen before include "Oriental noodles" , "soup" , "Quick-cooking noodles" , "Exotic dish" .)