Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot. Chicken, eggplant, macaroni noodle, red bell pepper, garlic, fresh basil, wasabi powder.
Wasabi in chicken soup? Heck yeah!
Just a note: I’ve been sweating the mirepoix in coconut oil for the past half year or so. Certainly olive oil, bacon fat, butter, or other fats work great.
Red onion, chicken, kale, eggplant, shiitake mushroom, rice, liquid aminos, nori komi furikake (Japanese seasoning), lemon ginger burst juice.
Martin was out, and once again we were swamped, so this day I made three soups. This was the quick and dirty third soup, but with some fun Japanese flavors.
Had never seen lemon ginger burst juice before, but it worked perfectly, adding a nice acidic touch.
Mirepoix: Onion, celery, bell pepper. Lotus root, chicken, eggplant, various types of shrooms, rice thread noodle, bonito flakes, vinegar, salt, sugar, diced fresh ginger, basil, lime leaf, Japanese curry nabe mix, corn starch.
Martin goes to Asia on this New Year’s Day soup. I love the use of bonito flakes.
“The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud.” Buddhist proverb
Mirepoix: red onion, carrot, celery. Grilled chicken breast, chicken pate, crimini mushroom, oyster mushroom, Swiss chard, roasted eggplant, zucchini, fresh mint, tomato bouillon, garlic, cumin, fresh basil, worcestershire sauce, feta cheese, green olive, tomato paste, pesto.
The Greek goddess of wilderness, wild animals, and hunting. Isn’t something wrong when the goddess of animals is also the goddess of hunting?
Mirepoix: shallot, yellow onion, celery, carrot, red bell pepper. Chicken thighs, feta cheese, roasted peppers, eggplant, green olives, fish sauce, tarragon, parsley flakes.
The feta really brought this off.
“Chicken soup – what a blessing…for the mind to dwell a world away from pain.” Sophocles, Oedipus Rex. Sort of.
Mirepoix: yellow and red onions, organic rainbow carrot, green bell pepper. Roasted eggplant, roasted cauliflower, cod, garlic poblano peppers, more carrot and onion, fish sauce, sugar, basil, lime zest and juice, soy sauce, paprika.
An opus from Martin. Almost an Asian feel to it.
“If God ever wanted to be a fish, he’d be a cod”. Or a whale, I get confused.
Made 7/3/19
Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot, red bell pepper. Ground turkey, roasted purple and green cauliflower, roasted eggplant, okra, Anaheim pepper, garlic, sweet potato, fresh basil, fresh mint, fresh oregano, turmeric, paprika, lemon juice.
Martin tamed the ground turkey, although it still looked sorta like brain at the beginning. The fresh herbs were a key. And the turmeric too.
Made today, 6/19/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, red and green pepper, carrot. Linguiça sausage, eggplant, broccoli, apple, Japanese pear (nashi), lentil, zucchini, fish sauce, curry powder, turmeric, coriander, cinnamon, garlic.
A fave among the EIC sepoys. I would hope.
Made today, 6/5/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, red bell pepper, carrot. Pulled pork, cauliflower, snap peas, roasted eggplant, cantaloupe, chopped roasted pistachios, garlic, lemon juice, fish sauce, parsley, Molly’s beef base.
Not quite a “round up the usual suspects” type of soup, I know. But I think Ilsa and Rick would have dug it.
Made today, 6/4/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, celery, jalapeno (hotpoix). Back rib meat, turnip, roasted pepper, heirloom tomato, kohlrabi, mushroom, eggplant, BBQ sauce.
A bit of a pain cutting off the meat from the ribs, but no choice as that was the only protein available. The prepared peppers had a bit of a kick to them, but the BBQ sauce tranquilized things to an extent.
Made 8/29/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, red bell pepper. Hot Italian sausage, eggplant, canned bacon, snap peas, rice, quinoa, oyster sauce, soy sauce, garlic, roasted chicken stock, lime juice, worcestershire sauce, fresh basil, dried basil, allspice.
Never heard of canned bacon, so forthwith in it went. It was really weird–slices of cooked bacon wrapped in paper and stuffed into a can. Go figure.
In Tokyo I bought a Deng watch. Instead of the second hand going around, the seconds were marked by Deng waving his cigarette.
Made 5/14/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, green and red bell pepper, poblano pepper, carrot, parsley. Roasted zucchini, fresh tomato, kalamata olives, capers, morel mushroom, crimini mushroom, eggplant tapenade, worcesterhire sauce, balsamic vinegar, sugar, fresh oregano, fresh basil, garlic.
” Romanes eunt domus”
More morels. The earth shakes!
Made 4/17/19
Mirepoix: onion, parsnip. Red bell pepper, eggplant, purple kale, broccoli, Harissa (Moroccan green pepper sauce), cumin, oregano, ginger, garlic.
The Harissa really had a kick to it.
Made 2/20/19
Standard mirepoix. Chicken, roasted eggplant, okra, red green and yellow bell pepper, asparagus, parsnip, peanut butter, coriander, cayenne pepper, garlic, cinnamon, curry powder, whipping cream, milk, lime juice.
Met Market packaged vegies are hit and miss. The parsnips in this soup were good–seasoned with rosemary, if a bit soft. But the prepared carrots and mirepoix taste weird. I think maybe they use vinegar or something else as a preservative. At any rate, by the time they get to us, they are acidic and stink. Go figure.
Adams Peanut Butter is good in soups. Others can be a bit too sugary.
Made 1/30/19
Mirepoix: red onion, carrot, celery. Roasted eggplant, roasted cauliflower, zucchini, marjoram, fish sauce, vinegar.
Gotta get roasting done in the winter, cause in the summer the kitchen gets insufferably hot.
Made 1/16/19
Mirepoix: red onion, carrot, celery. White fish, roasted eggplant, mushrooms, red and green bell pepper, potato, milk, turmeric-ginger milk, thyme, dill, turmeric, ginger, garlic.
I think I’ve mentioned it before, but sometimes we get some pretty whacky donations. Simply had to use that turmeric-ginger milk.
1/15/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, yellow and red bell pepper, carrot. Roasted eggplant, roasted zucchini, coconut milk, green curry paste,Thai green curry simmer sauce, sweet coconut flakes, cream, fresh basil, chive, fried garlic.
This is the closest I can get to real curry without lemongrass (which we never have) and other Thai spices.
Made 12/26/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, celery, bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, fennel. Eggplant, zucchini, fish sauce, garlic.
Made 11/21/18
Mirepoix: red onion, carrot, celery, fennel, red and green bell peppers, jalapeno peppers. Roasted chicken, roasted eggplant, zucchini, banana, peanut butter, cinnamon, cumin, nutmeg, garlic.
Sometime you just gotta say, “what the fuq”.
Made 11/20/18
Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot. Seeded roma tomatoes, canned whole tomatoes (Cento–with sauce)(mushed by hand), cannellini beans, tomato paste, tomato bouillon, more celery, eggplant tapenade, Kalamata olives, capers, fish sauce, oregano, chives, Italian dressing, sugar
I usually deseed tomatoes, otherwise it’s too bitter. As per the eggplant tapenade, it was there, so I used it. I’ll use whatever weird ingredient that’s available.
Made 10/30/18
Mirepoix: green bell pepper, red onion, carrot. Eggplant, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, whole wheat dumpling, fish sauce, fresh Thai basil, garlic.
We had no regular flour, so I improvised the dumplings. They were a little chewy.
Made 10/23/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, celery. Brussels sprouts, eggplant, Greek yogurt paprika, mint, cumin, coriander.
Finally had celery for the mirepoix, but no carrots! We’re totally at the mercy of our food donors, and sometimes they don’t donate some of the basics. The mint gave a nice brightness to offset the cumin and coriander.
Made 10/9/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, green bell pepper, milk, corn starch, potato, corn, shiitake, eggplant, thyme, dill, garlic.
Pretty straightforward. Probably would have been better if I had sauteed the shrooms in butter first, but oh well.
Made 10/3/18
Mirepoix: yellow onion, celery, poblano pepper (almost the Cajun Holy Trinity). ground turkey, roasted eggplant, hondashi (bonito bouillon), garlic, sage, garlic, salt, pepper.
Bonito broth adds awesome umami. Fairly simple, but tasted good. Made 9/12/18
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