Today begins October, and in honor of fall, I'd like to know what is your favorite soup or chili recipe? If you send it to me, I will make it and post it on my food blog.
To kick this off, Chicken Soup with Rice.
This was recommended to me by Serena Potter. It is a truly yummy way to warm your tummy on a cool autumn day. (Or, if you live in Pasadena, on very hot autumn day.) Check it out. And please, send me your recipes. I am in need of good soup.
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Tuan-Cheddar Chowder...it's not my all-time favorite, but it's very yummy and easy to make. You just have to get past the fact that there's tuna in it (not the most sophisticated protein). We usually substitute shredded chicken in place of the tuna, but even if you do use tuna it doesn't take tuna-ee. We eat it in Cuban Bread bread bowls. They are also very tasty, but simple to make.
Tuna-Cheddar Chowder
2 carrots, shredded
I onion, chopped
¼ cup butter or margarine
¼ cup all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken broth
2 cups milk
1 61/2-ounce can tuna, drained and flaked
½ teaspoon celery seed
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup cheddar cheese
In a large saucepan, sauté the carrots and onion in the butter until the onion is transparent. Mix in the flour. Add the chicken broth and milk. Heat and stir constantly until thick and bubbling. Add the tuna, celery seed, Worcestershire sauce, and salt, and heat through. Add the cheese and stir until it melts. Serves 4.
Cuban Bread
5-6 cups all-purpose flour (you can substitute whole-wheat flour
for 1 or 2 cups)
2 tablespoons dry yeast
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 cups hot water (120-130 degrees)
1 tablespoon sesame or poppy seeds
Mix 4 cups of the flour with the yeast, sugar and salt. Pour in hot water and beat 100 strokes, or 3 minutes with a mixer. Stir in the remaining flour until the dough is no longer sticky. Knead 8* minutes. Place the dough in a greased bowl, and cover with a damp towel. Let rise 15 minutes. Punch down. Divide into two pieces. Shape into two round loaves, and place on a baking sheet. Cut an x ½ inch deep on top with a sharp knife. Brush with water, and sprinkle with seeds. Place on the middle shelf of a cold oven. Place a cake pan of hot water on the lowest shelf. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Bake 40-50 minutes until deep golden brown.
*If your food processor has a dough blade, you can avoid the hand-kneading: Combine dry ingredients in the processor. As the machine is running, drizzle in water until the dough forms a ball. Spin the ball 20 times.
In October I’ll be host to witches, goblins, and a ghost. I’ll serve them chicken soup on toast.
Whoopy once, whoopy twice, whoopy chicken soup with rice.
I love this crockpot Chili recipe. It's pretty hearty, but its great on Sunday afternoons when I'm not in the mood to cook...
FAVORITE CHILI
2 cans kidney beans
2 cans tomatoes
1 1/2-2 lbs, ground beef
1 chopped green pepper
1 onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 to 3 TB chili powder
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cumin
Salt to taste
Cover and cook in crock pot on LOW 10 hours or HIGH for 6 hours.
Enjoy!
Here's my favorite comfort soup--a recipe I made up years ago to be like one we loved from a restaurant. Hope you like it!
Laura's Soup
1/2 lb. bacon
1/2 lb. Italian sausage (mild or spicy, whichever you prefer)
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2-3 cloves garlic, pressed
3 tbs. flour
1 tsp basil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
5 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
dash Tabasco sauce
3-4 potatoes, baked and cubed
4 cups fresh kale (one bunch), ribs removed and torn into bite-sized pieces.
Bake potatoes until tender (but not too mushy); cube (with skins on or off) and set aside. In a large stock pot, cook bacon until crisp, remove to paper towels, crumble and set aside. Remove bacon drippings from pan, reserving 1 tbs. in the pan. Add sausage, onion and garlic and saute until onion is soft and sausage is brown throughout. Mix together flour, salt, pepper, and basil in a small bowl. Add all at once to sausage and stir until all the white is gone. Pour in chicken broth and heat over medium-high heat until boiling, stirring occasionally. When boiling, add milk, Tabasco and potatoes. Stir and let heat up again. Simmer until hot throughout, about 15 minutes. Add kale and stir until wilted, about 1-2 minutes. Sprinkle bacon on top right before serving.
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