Here’s Brian L. showing how to make a 15-minute chicken soup – that tastes like your Greek (or Jewish) grandmother made it – using the ‘speed scratch’ method. First in a series, apparently!
If you have never used the Better Than Bouillon products – you should. A little bit of it goes a long way to boosting flavor. It comes in many varieties, including chicken, beef and vegetable.
PS: Anybody can do this. You don’t have to be ‘cheffy’.
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PS: Although I have never used this product, it is sold at my local Kroger store.
Another option: Prechop veggies, blanch and put them in the freezer for future use. I have done this with veg that will go bad if it isn’t used. Bell peppers and mushrooms freeze well and don’t have to be blanched before freezing. Chop and freeze. I also peel a bunch of garlic and freeze the whole cloves. Very handy. They thaw quickly, or you can slice/mince while still frozen.
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Thanks for the info on the garlic. I don’t use much of it and I have always had some of it go bad. I always chop and freeze bell peppers.
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It’s amazing what can be frozen. I use canned chipotle in adobo sauce. Since I only use a small amount of a can at one time, I freeze portions on a small sheet pan, then put the ‘chunks’ in a zip lock bag for future use. Same with tomato paste.
ADD: You can even freeze fresh tomatoes. They get mushy, but are fine for use in sauces.
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Great idea!
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Yes! w/re to Better than Boullion!
That’s my home made soup and has been for years, and I won’t even put quotes around it! It’s that good–and I want homemade chicken and beef vegetable soup!
Just getting ready to have bowl of it right now, along with a slice of home made bread. Yum.
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Another thing I keep in my pantry is Bear Creek brand soup mix, which I “improve”. The other day I used a package of their creamy wild rice soup mix, used half dairy and half water (instead of all water), added some cooked chicken that I had in the freezer and some steamed broccoli from the refrigerator. You would never know that it isn’t homemade.
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I have also made this with added sauteed mushrooms and onions + chicken.
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Czar used the Ham BTB to make lovely ham gravy, which was so nice on rice.
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