Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Chicken/french onion/italian parmesan egg drop/cheesy vegetable soup

Okay so this weekend I went to Sprouts and bought a bunch of ingredients to make soup... but I hadn't decided what kind of soup I wanted to make yet so I just picked out everything that sounded nice.

I started with vegetables - the whole reason why I wanted to make soup in the first place was to have an easier way to get me veggies throughout the week. I grabbed everything in sight. Then I remembered making egg drop soup in my beginning food prep class at BYU and it was pretty dang good, so I threw some eggs and parmesan cheese in the cart as well. I had also seen a recipe for cheesy broccoli soup that had a lot of cream in it so I snagged a pint of heavy cream off the shelf (I think I was also planning to use that for cheesecake anyway).

Next came the chicken, fiesta cheese, broth, and italian seasoning. Still not sure what I was gonna make with all this but I didn't really care, everything just looked so good!

Anyway I never actually decided which soup to make. Instead I made them all! I just started throwing stuff in the pot and this is how it turned out:




It was SO YUMMY! Seriously like, one of the best tasting soups I've EVER had in my life. Creamy with a hint of italy but warm and comforting like chicken veggie soup.
What's in it, you ask?

(keep in mind these are all approximate measurements)

1cup chopped:
orange pepper
green pepper
broccoli
cauliflower
celery
onions
yellow squash
carrots

1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup shredded fiesta cheese
1/4 cup ground parmesan cheese
1/2 cup almond flour
5 eggs
2 cooked and diced chicken breasts
2 cartons of chicken broth

seasoned to taste with:
parsley
basil
oregano
pepper
salt
garlic
olive oil

I don't know if I'll ever really be able to recreate this thing, but YOU can try!

Directions: Basically you start with a pot of boiling broth and add the salt, pepper, and olive oil, then start putting in veggies in order of crunchiness (ex. carrots and celery first, squash and cauliflower last). You kinda just have to taste the veggies as you go to make sure they are all getting soft at the same time. When they are mostly done, add the cream and fiesta cheese. Then you'll do the egg drop. Make sure the pot is boiling for this part. I took the eggs and beat them together with the parmesan cheese and italian seasonings and then slowly poured the mixture in the pot while stirring. You'll know its done when the eggs float to the top. Finally, add the chicken, almond flour to thicken (that rhymed!), and any other seasonings you still want.

And there you have it! Sorry this recipe is more of a give-or-take, guessing game sorta deal but I wasn't thinking about exactly what I was doing when I was doing it. I was just hoping it wouldn't turn out awful! :) Let's just say I wont be eating out at all this week...

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