Spicy Parsnip Soup

Spicy Parsnip Soup

Ingredients

Spicy Parsnip Soup

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 medium onion, chopped

1 pound parsnips, peeled and cubed

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

2 teaspoons curry powder

1 cube chicken bouillon (stock)

3 ¼ cups boiling water

½ cup heavy cream

salt and pepper to taste

1 US cup measurement = 4ozs, liquid or dry weight.

Method

• Melt butter or margarine in bottom of pan. 
• Add chopped onion and fry until soft. 
• Add cubed parsnips, curry powder and garlic.
• Fry for a couple of minutes. 
• Dissolve the bouillon cube in the boiling water and add to pan. 
• Stir well. 
• Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until parsnip have gone soft. 
• Remove from heat. 
• Blend the soup down to a liquid in a blender or liquidizer. 
• Return to heat, add cream, mix through well but DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL. 
• Season to taste, and serve.

Sweetcorn Chicken Soup

This is an Indo-Chinese recipe for sweetcorn chicken soup that is to die for! It is also a great way to use up a chicken after a roast meal.

Ingredients

• 1 pint of chicken stock, or whatever amount you have made 
• 1 egg, beaten 
• 1 or 2 cups of shredded, cooked chicken 
• 1 tablespoon of soy sauce 
• drizzle of sesame oil
•  2 Spring onions (stems) or chives, or green onions
• small tin of puréed sweetcorn

Method

1. Make your own chicken stock - cover the bones with freshly drawn cold water in a big pan with a lid, add half an onion and any old bits of veg lying around. Add a little salt and a teaspoon of Schwartz Season All Spice.
2. Boil then reduce and simmer with lid on for about 3 hours.
3. Strain the bones and skin, leaving only the stock in a bowl.
4. Return the stock to a pot, and add a couple of handful of shredded cold cooked chicken. 
5. Add the puréed tin of sweetcorn. If you can't get a tin of puréed sweetcorn locally, but a small tin of sweetcorn and run through the blender.
6. Bring to boil then add the beaten egg, but by bit, stirring all the time. Then add about a tablespoon of soy sauce, mix well and remove from heat.
7. Chop up a couple of spring onions and use as a garnish.
8. Serve in bowls and drizzle a little sesame oil over each portion.

I just made this tonight for the first time as I only made fresh chicken stock last night and was wondering what soup to make. This was so easy. You can also use a proprietary stock cube which makes it even easier!

Unfortunately, I have no photo at this time because it was so delicious, everyone couldn't wait to sample it. I'd like to thank Thasneen.com for giving me the recipe.