Ghetto Cooking: Minestrone
When I'm sick the only thing I want to eat is soup, so here's what I came up with, made out of stuff I found buried in my pantry. I'm one of those crazy people who throw stuff into a pot without measuring, so bear with me.
Fill a pot with a lot of water and add enough bullion/beef stock so that it tastes like it has flavor and isn't just salt water. Add some oil (I use Sesame oil but Olive oil is probably OK) and throw in some "Italian seasoning." A pack of salad dressing mix, some oregano, onion, garlic, parsley....enh, throw them all in there. Don't forget plenty of black pepper. Meanwhile, start another pot boiling and throw in some chicken to parboil. Chop up a mess 'o potatoes, celery, tomatoes...I threw in some canned and frozen beans and carrots since I don't keep a lot of fresh stuff this time of year. Toss those in as well. When the chicken's a uniform grey color, chop that up and throw it in the big pot. Add a lid and cook till the stuff's all soft and goopy. Add some macaroni noodles and cook for another 7-10 minutes. Salt and pepper and hot sauce to taste. Delicious, cheap, and total ghetto.
I used to have some chicken broth I "borrowed" from mom, and I made some delicious chicken soup/stew out of it last week, but alas, she wanted it back so until I haul my lazy ass to Drug Mart you're gonna have to hold off on the ghetto chicken soup recipe or the Hot and Sour soup recipe. Rest assured all are delicious.
I figure one day I'll know how to make all sort of soups, and I'll open a 24 restaurant that serves nothing but soup and sandwiches and tea. My clientele will be all old ladies and young ladies who act like old ladies, not that I know anyone like that (Jennifer Williams.)
Carry on.
Fill a pot with a lot of water and add enough bullion/beef stock so that it tastes like it has flavor and isn't just salt water. Add some oil (I use Sesame oil but Olive oil is probably OK) and throw in some "Italian seasoning." A pack of salad dressing mix, some oregano, onion, garlic, parsley....enh, throw them all in there. Don't forget plenty of black pepper. Meanwhile, start another pot boiling and throw in some chicken to parboil. Chop up a mess 'o potatoes, celery, tomatoes...I threw in some canned and frozen beans and carrots since I don't keep a lot of fresh stuff this time of year. Toss those in as well. When the chicken's a uniform grey color, chop that up and throw it in the big pot. Add a lid and cook till the stuff's all soft and goopy. Add some macaroni noodles and cook for another 7-10 minutes. Salt and pepper and hot sauce to taste. Delicious, cheap, and total ghetto.
I used to have some chicken broth I "borrowed" from mom, and I made some delicious chicken soup/stew out of it last week, but alas, she wanted it back so until I haul my lazy ass to Drug Mart you're gonna have to hold off on the ghetto chicken soup recipe or the Hot and Sour soup recipe. Rest assured all are delicious.
I figure one day I'll know how to make all sort of soups, and I'll open a 24 restaurant that serves nothing but soup and sandwiches and tea. My clientele will be all old ladies and young ladies who act like old ladies, not that I know anyone like that (Jennifer Williams.)
Carry on.
posted at 4:38 PM
3 Comments:
1) Aren't you a pescatarian?
2) Why is that my knitting and tea habits get me all sorts of old points but I get no young points for sleeping with co-workers and professors? Or wearing fishnets and thigh highs to work? Or not having a full-time job and living with my mom?
1) I haven't been a pescetarian since we found out it made no difference in any of my labwork.
2) Old people have part time jobs, such as Wal Mart greeter. Living with family is also an old person thing, only instead of living with your kids it's your mom. You ALSO live with Alison, so I'm gonna have to give you old lady points for that. I guess you can get some young people for sleeping with a professor, only you're going to get some ghetto detraction points for the longjohns, cause, well, really.
The fishnets don't quite cancel out the longjohns, sorry.
If it makes you feel better, Nicole is an old lady as well. As am I, when you think about it. I mean, I watch PBS for God's sake.
I'd love to try your hot and sour soup, Steph. Wow! No innuendo!
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