Chicken Soup Recipie Biography
Source: (Google.com.pk)Chicken soup is a soup made from chicken, simmered in water, usually with various other ingredients. The classic chicken soup consists of a clear broth, often with pieces of chicken or vegetables; common additions are pasta, dumplings, or grains such as rice and barley. Chicken soup has acquired the reputation of a folk remedy for colds and influenza, and in many countries is considered a comfort food.
Variations on the flavor are gained by adding root vegetables such as parsnip, potato, sweet potato and celery root, herbs such as parsley, dill, other vegetables such as zucchini, whole garlic cloves or tomatoes and black pepper. The soup should be brought slowly to a boil and then simmered in a covered pot on a very low flame for one to three hours, adding water if necessary. A clearer broth is achieved by skimming the drops of fat off the top of the soup as it is cooking, first bringing the chicken to boil from a pot of cold water and discarding the water before continuing, or straining it through a strainer or cheesecloth. Saffron or turmeric are sometimes added as a yellow colorant. Then, the chicken can be shredded by hand and stored in the refrigerator until ready for use in the soup.
Chicken soup is deliciously simple and can be prepared in a matter of only 45 minutes. A soup that you can enjoy every other weekend with very little work without worrying about the budget.
Gulzar Special Chicken Soup
Ingredients:
Chicken boneless chopped 250 gm
Chopped onions 3
Chopped carrot 1
Eggs 3-4 separated
Mushrooms 1 cup
Ginger paste 2 tsp
Corn flour ½ cup diluted in a little water
Spring onion 2-3 springs thinly sliced
Chicken stock approximately 1 liter
Soya sauce 4 tbsp
Oil 2-3 tbsp
Red chili flakes to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Directions:
Heat some oil in frying pan and fry beaten egg yolks.
When cooked cut in strips.
Pour chicken stock in a large skillet and add in sliced mushroom, carrots, onions, ginger paste, chicken, red chili flakes and salt and pepper to taste and bring to a boil.
Reduce the flame to medium.
Now gradually add the diluted corn flour to soup while stirring gently.
Add in soya sauce while letting the soup simmer gently on medium flame.
Now whipped the egg whites in a bowl and gradually add them into the soup while stirring gently.
When soup is nice and thick mix in spring onions and turn off the heat.
Pour the soup in a serving bowl, garnish with egg yolks and serve.
There is slightly more stock in this reworking of the How To Eat original, but it remains a real favourite supper for one greedy person, or a pair of more modest eaters.
Aromatic Chilli Beef Noodle Soup
Ingredients:
for the soup
60 grams egg noodles
50 grams sugar snaps
75 grams pak choi (chopped)
1 handful thai basil (chopped)
1 handful fresh coriander
for the stock
600 ml chicken stock (or beef stock)
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 cm piece of fresh root ginger
¼ teaspoon dried chilli flakes (to taste)
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 clove garlic (smashed but whole)
for the beef
125 grams steak
2 teaspoons soy sauce
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cm piece of fresh root ginger
1 clove garlic (minced)
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon piri piri sauce.
Method:
Cook noodles as directed on packet, drain, rinse in cold water and drain again. Reserve till needed.
Heat stock with its allocated aromatics, bring to boil, then leave to simmer, covered, while you get on with the beef.
In a bowl mix up all the beef seasonings and then put the beef in, wipe around the bowl to cover one side of the beef with the spice mixture, then turn over. Leave to marinate for half an hour, and as you do so turn the heat off the stock, but leave the pan with the lid on to let the flavourings infuse.
Heat a non stick pan (if you are using a regular frying pan or skillet, you will need to add a teaspoon or so of oil) and when it's very hot sear the steak on each side.
Cook for a couple of minutes more on slightly lower heat on each side, then remove steak to board to rest while you get on with warming the aromatic soup and noodles.
You can either strain the stock into a new saucepan or just fish out the bits as you eat. Do whichever you prefer, but bring the stock back to boiling point and add the veg and drained cold noodles.
When the noodles are hot and the soup ready, add the chopped Thai basil (unless you're using coriander, in which case wait to sprinkle it over at the end) and pour into a bowl. Slice the steak into thin slices on the diagonal and lay on top.
Eat with a spoon and more soy if you wish.
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