Monday, July 8, 2013

I invented a soup!

So I'm pretty busy but this evening I had a bunch of random ingredients that needed to be cooked and so I made up a new recipe, which actually turned out really well! (go me, right??)
So before I forget it, here it is

ingredients

1 chicken breast (cubed)
3 potatoes (peeled and cubed)
1 or 2 diced carrots
a "pinch" of salt (you will salt the broth to taste)
a "pinch" of pepper
a "dash" of Franks Red Hot wings sauce
1/2 diced red onion
shredded sharp cheddar cheese
butter
milk
water

this will make enough for two people (I'm taking leftovers to work tomorrow!)

You'll notice my measurements are a little creative. This is because I was improvising with what I had and didn't bother measuring anything as I went along. But the good news is that this  is very easy and conducive to "taste as you go" so I promise you can't go wrong.

directions

Brown cubed chicken in a soup pot using the butter (rather than using spray or veggie oil -- it'll taste better with the broth). After chicken is cooked (about 10 minutes) add diced onion and sauté with chicken.
Add potatoes and carrots.
Add milk and water combo. You can vary the amount of each that you use -- obviously more milk will make a creamier soup. I used roughly one part milk and two parts water (because I ran out of milk). Basically you need to have enough broth to just about cover all of your soup ingredients).
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes stirring occasionally.
By the end of the 30 minutes your potatoes will have cooked so much they are falling apart a little. THATS GREAT because it will add to the creamy texture of the broth.

Here's where you can get fancy. Salt and pepper the soup to taste. I wasn't sure how the hot sauce would taste in the mix, so I added it to a small "sample" bowl that I served myself. It ended up being delicious so I would have just added it to the actual soup, and probably will next time.
Top soup in bowl with shredded cheese and microwave until cheese has melted across the surface of the soup.

Serve with your mother's bread :)

1 comment:

  1. Just remember if you add sauce it will get 'hotter" as the soup cooks, so adding it to taste at the end may be good thing to do.

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