Soup Help!

[SMTA]

I enjoy making different soups for the family during the cold weather.

There are 2 that I have never been able to make: Chinese Hot & Sour soup and Tortilla Soup.

Can anyone help me with some proven recipes and/or tips?

Thanks!

 

[Dickieboy]

I enjoy making different soups for the family during the cold weather.

There are 2 that I have never been able to make: Chinese Hot & Sour soup and Tortilla Soup.

Can anyone help me with some proven recipes and/or tips?

Thanks!

I pretty much make soups off the hip with no recipe. The hot/sour we make starts with a GOOD RICH chicken stock then 'chinese' style veggies (mushrooms, tofu, bok choy, bamboo shoots, etc.). We often fortify our stock with sweet corn puree which adds color, texture and flavor. The essential hot/sour flavor is sriracha for heat and some vinegar (white, cider, etc.) or lemon juice for sour. Some folks use pickle juice for the sour and black pepper for the hot. It took a few batches to get it 'perfect' for our taste and many resturants make TERRIBLE H/S soup!...hope this helps

 

[Lutherf]

Tortilla soup is a piece of cake (not literally!).

The best way is to make your own salsa and just add it to chicken broth. Personally, I throw in some chicken too. The salsa should consist of ripe tomatoes, yellow onion, finely chopped serrano chiles, minced garlic and a little cilantro. For this purpose canned diced tomatoes will work. Boil the stuff up, add a little salt and pepper and serve topped with crunched up tortilla chips and some shredded jack cheese.

 

[SMTA]

I pretty much make soups off the hip with no recipe. The hot/sour we make starts with a GOOD RICH chicken stock then 'chinese' style veggies (mushrooms, tofu, bok choy, bamboo shoots, etc.). We often fortify our stock with sweet corn puree which adds color, texture and flavor. The essential hot/sour flavor is sriracha for heat and some vinegar (white, cider, etc.) or lemon juice for sour. Some folks use pickle juice for the sour and black pepper for the hot. It took a few batches to get it 'perfect' for our taste and many resturants make TERRIBLE H/S soup!...hope this helps

I hear you - I have no written recipes myself.

Is the sweet corn puree your thickening agent?

 

[SMTA]

Tortilla soup is a piece of cake (not literally!).

The best way is to make your own salsa and just add it to chicken broth. Personally, I throw in some chicken too. The salsa should consist of ripe tomatoes, yellow onion, finely chopped serrano chiles, minced garlic and a little cilantro. For this purpose canned diced tomatoes will work. Boil the stuff up, add a little salt and pepper and serve topped with crunched up tortilla chips and some shredded jack cheese.

Wow, I never thought of this method at all, Luther!

Thanks!

 

[Dickieboy]

Tortilla soup is a piece of cake (not literally!).

The best way is to make your own salsa and just add it to chicken broth. Personally, I throw in some chicken too. The salsa should consist of ripe tomatoes, yellow onion, finely chopped serrano chiles, minced garlic and a little cilantro. For this purpose canned diced tomatoes will work. Boil the stuff up, add a little salt and pepper and serve topped with crunched up tortilla chips and some shredded jack cheese.

We add a splash of lime juice and vinegar to our salsa...

 

[Dickieboy]

I hear you - I have no written recipes myself.

Is the sweet corn puree your thickening agent?

Yes. If you leave the veggies and sweet/sour out and drop beaten eggs it makes a fine egg drop...basically chicken broth, corn puree and egg.

 

[sangha]

I hear you - I have no written recipes myself.

Is the sweet corn puree your thickening agent?

The Chinese restaurants around here seem to be thickened with corn starch (at least, that's what I assume based on the texture and look of it) so that does make sense

 

[Solaris]

I enjoy making different soups for the family during the cold weather.

There are 2 that I have never been able to make: Chinese Hot & Sour soup and Tortilla Soup.

Can anyone help me with some proven recipes and/or tips?

Thanks!

Maybe try a tortilla soup with spicy chicken? A garnish with avocado an lime is sweet!

Chicken & Tortilla Soup - Fine Cooking Recipes, Techniques and Tips

 

[SMTA]

The Chinese restaurants around here seem to be thickened with corn starch (at least, that's what I assume based on the texture and look of it) so that does make sense

Yes, I was thinking exactly the same thing!

 

[polgara]

Maybe try a tortilla soup with spicy chicken? A garnish with avocado an lime is sweet!

Chicken & Tortilla Soup - Fine Cooking Recipes, Techniques and Tips

Good afternoon, Solaris.

Thanks for the recipe. When I was visiting Mexico some years ago, I had a soup that I told my family tasted like liquid tacos. I wonder if this could be it? :thumbs: My choice was either eating that soup or seviche, which is raw fish marinated in lime juice. I wouldn't eat raw fish in the US, let alone Mexico, so I chose the soup!

 

[Lutherf]

Good afternoon, Solaris.

Thanks for the recipe. When I was visiting Mexico some years ago, I had a soup that I told my family tasted like liquid tacos. I wonder if this could be it? :thumbs: My choice was either eating that soup or seviche, which is raw fish marinated in lime juice. I wouldn't eat raw fish in the US, let alone Mexico, so I chose the soup!

I've eaten ceviche countless times in Mexico including at little shacks by the bay and never had a problem. You just have to look for the fishing boat because if it's not there you're probably getting yesterdays catch.

 

[Solaris]

Good afternoon, Solaris.

Thanks for the recipe. When I was visiting Mexico some years ago, I had a soup that I told my family tasted like liquid tacos. I wonder if this could be it? :thumbs: My choice was either eating that soup or seviche, which is raw fish marinated in lime juice. I wouldn't eat raw fish in the US, let alone Mexico, so I chose the soup!

Good afternoon ta you too Polgara! :sun That might be it and it sounds so good, like with the tortilla strips too. Ayup, soups do sound better than raw fish.

 

[Medusa]

I enjoy making different soups for the family during the cold weather.

There are 2 that I have never been able to make: Chinese Hot & Sour soup and Tortilla Soup.

Can anyone help me with some proven recipes and/or tips?

Thanks!

my noodle soup recipe ( but of course some other recipes inspired me )

250 gr noodle or macaroni



100 gr barley vermicelli

2 paprikas

a few chili peppers

50 gr fresh ginger

150 200 gr chicken breast

salt ,black pepper

3 or more cloves of garlic

2 table spoons terriyaki sauce

fill the pot with water and boil it .then add the noodles and vermicelli to the pot

at the same time , cut the chicken breasts into small pieces and either grill them or fry in a pan .

fry the ginger pieces too

place them in the pot and add the other ingredients


cook for about 10 minutes.

 

[marduc]

Ceviche is fabulous, and I have never had a problem with it, and I have eaten it in numerous countries, including having it served out of mason jars from vendors walking up and down the beach in venezuela. Then again, I never seem to get sick when others do. Those warnings not to drink the local water? yeah i never pay heed to them.

I also make ceviche myself frequently, especially using fresh seafood I buy locally (I live very close to the gulf so it is readily available for me). After the ceviche is made it can keep a couple of days, the acid deters bacterial growth. I have also used frozen fish for ceviche when fresh is not available, no problems at all.

edit: and even though it has not been exposed to heat, ceviche is not raw fish the acid converts the proteins and kills off most the bacteria - it cooks the meat. If nobody told you before they served ceviche to you - you would have no clue that is was not cooked, other then the fact that it was served cold.

 

[SMTA]

Thank you very much to all!

I am going to try these over the next few weeks!

 

[rhinefire]

google what you seek and you will find