OMG! Delicious homemade chicken soup I made entirely from leftovers! Chicken was leftover store-cooked chicken, leftover rice, leftover 7-grains I had, even old carrots! Cooked in broth with egg noodles, onions, green onions, parsley, and tarragon - AMAZING. The white fluffy thing is a 'snow white fungus' from the Asian store. I cooked it separately and added it last - next time I will add it right to the soup to re-hydrate since it thickened the water I had it in. It's. All. Good.
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Homemade Chicken Soup with Not-So-Homemade Matzo Balls
I always make my own chicken soup. It is delicious broth. I usually make a few batches and freeze them because it’s a great thing to have frozen in quart containers as stock and will last for up to six months frozen. When the holidays come—whether Rosh Hashanah or Passover—I always make my chicken soup with matzo balls. I make the soup a day ahead and skim whatever fat is on there before adding…
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Burmese Coconut Chicken Noodle Soup (Ohn No Khao Swè) 🍜🍗🥥 ( full recipe ⬇️ )
Ingredients:
For the Soup:
• 1 lb (450 g) boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces 🐔
• 2 cups coconut milk 🥥
• 4 cups chicken broth 🍲
• 1 cup chickpea flour (or gram flour) 🌾
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped 🧅
• 3 garlic cloves, minced 🧄
• 1-inch piece of ginger, minced 🧑🏻🍳
• 2 tbsp fish sauce 🐟
• 2 tbsp soy sauce 🌿
• 1 tsp turmeric powder 🌿
• 1 tsp paprika 🌶️
• 1 tsp ground coriander 🌿
• Salt and pepper to taste 🧂
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil 🫒
• 1 lb egg noodles 🍜
For Garnish:
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro 🌿
• 1/2 cup sliced green onions 🧅
• 1/2 cup fried shallots 🧅
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, halved 🥚
• Lime wedges 🍋
Instructions:
1. Cook the Chicken:
• Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat.
• Add the chopped onions, garlic, and ginger. Sauté until fragrant and onions are translucent.
• Add the chicken pieces and cook until they are no longer pink.
2. Make the Soup Base:
• Stir in turmeric, paprika, and ground coriander. Cook for another 2 minutes.
• Add chickpea flour and stir well to coat the chicken.
• Gradually pour in the chicken broth, stirring constantly to avoid lumps.
• Add coconut milk, fish sauce, and soy sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook for 20-30 minutes, until the chicken is tender.
3. Prepare the Noodles:
• Cook the egg noodles according to the package instructions. Drain and set aside.
4. Assemble the Soup:
• Divide the cooked noodles into bowls. Ladle the coconut chicken soup over the noodles.
5. Garnish and Serve:
• Garnish with chopped cilantro, sliced green onions, fried shallots, and halved hard-boiled eggs.
• Serve with lime wedges on the side.
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Creamy Chicken Congee topped with Bacon
Add bones for the most delicious congee. It's a cost-effective and environmentally friendly method of cooking, but I use it because the chicken congee I make with the bones is far superior. Congee can be made with just water and rice; nevertheless, many traditional meals around the world use the time-honored method of adding bones to dishes that don't necessarily call for them.
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” ― Dom Helder Camara
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Okay. I know I have a lot of cooking mutuals, what do I need to do to make cooking enjoyable??? I am so fucking tired of eating canned soup and kraft mac n cheese and "concoction" (ground beef with whatever else I have that needs eaten and every spice I own). I know people say "if you don't like veggies try different ways of cooking them!" here the thing though, I hate veggie prep. So even changing how I cook them, everything else about veggies is an awful experience for me so I never want to do it. I know people talk about "15 minute meals!" and "one pan recipes!", but so far those have all been lies. People talk about experimenting and trying new things, but I straight up don't know how to do that. People say to listen to podcasts or audiobooks while prepping, but either I focus on the prep and hear none of the story or I focus on the story and struggle with the prep. I am not fast with prep, so meals that require prepping multiple things at once or prepping something while something else is cooking never fails to stress me out to a wild degree. I don't know how I'm supposed to keep everything from burning and keep things stirred and chop up everything and get the next ingredients out and clean as I work all at the same time. I do not enjoy picking out recipes or buying groceries (genuinely hate more than any other chore besides laundry), so meal prep is next to impossible for me. I forget to thaw meat nearly every time I want to cook something and so end up putting it off for days. I can never seem to get my roasted veggies to actually roast, somehow they just steam themselves in the oven. I do not want or like cooking gadgets, so I am doing everything with the very basic supplies. I am cooking for one person so leftovers are a constant issue (I have eaten so much left over food that I find genuinely sickening because I didn't want to waste it). And then I have to do this every day forever till I die. How do I make myself like this??? I am so fucking tired of eating gross food.
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My unorthodox Yangchunmian noodle soup/阳春面
(This is the reason why I was rendering lard lol)
Homestyle unorthodox Yangchunmian noodle soup recipe (enough for 1 person but must be served in a big ramen bowl) (Note: this version includes pork fat and is therefore not vegan/vegetarian/halal/kosher):
Ingredients (optional ones marked with *):
Noodles (preferably thin)
Egg
Soy sauce
Cooking oil
Pork lard (preferably rendered following the recipe that includes baijiu/green onions/ginger; if not, there are brands out there that can imitate the taste)
Pyropia seaweed (this is what nori is made from so unseasoned nori is also fine; also sold dried in giant discs)
*Wakame (brown kelp) OR Shanghai bok choy (stem is green instead of white) OR dried shiitaki mushrooms
Green onion
Chinese black vinegar (the one I used is Duliu Laocu/独流老醋, Zhenjiang Xiangcu/镇江香醋 is also fine)
Ground white pepper
Sugar
*Salt
Sesame oil
*Fish sauce/鱼露
*Chicken bouillon powder
Preparation:
Chop green onion, just one will do
Tear off a 2"x2" piece of pyropia seaweed OR 2 small pieces of nori
*If adding bok choy, wash bok choy
*If adding dried shiitaki mushrooms, rehydrate it first
In a ramen bowl, add:
~4 tbsp of soy sauce
~3/4 tsp of pork lard
~1 tsp of Chinese black vinegar
*A few drops of fish sauce
~1/2 tsp ground white pepper
~1/4 tsp sugar
*~1/4 tsp chicken bouillon powder
~1/2 tsp seasame oil
Pour just enough hot water to melt pork lard and combine everything together, mix well
In a sauce pan (at least 1.5 qt):
Turn on heat, set to medium
When pan is hot, rub the pyropia seaweed on the bottom of the pan a couple of times to mimic toasting, then put seaweed into ramen bowl
Pour a little cooking oil into pan, fry the egg until over hard
Add 5 cups of hot water into pan
Add noodles, *add bok choy
Let it cook
*When noodles are halfway done, add the vegetable (wakame/shiitaki mushroom) as desired
When noodles are done, pour everything into bowl, mix well with the soup base in the bowl
*Add salt as desired
Top with fresh chopped green onion and serve
The end product should taste mildly salty, mildly sour, and umami. Overall taste should be mild.
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