I need some new ideas on liquid!!!
Have you ever had pho? You can make the broth at home really easily, and it's sooo good. It's one of those meals that you can prepare the whole meal and just have the broth for yourself, the rest of your family can build the soup as they like.
1 yellow onion, cut in half
1 large piece of ginger, peeled & sliced in half. (Keep one half for the broth, grate the other half for garnish)
2 cinnamon sticks
5 whole cloves
15 or so whole peppercorns
1 star anise if you can find it. (I did it without and it was just fine)
1 tbsp fish sauce (smells awful straight, will be fine in the soup)
1 to 1 1/2 c LOW SODIUM soy sauce
1 whole roasting chicken, washed & dried. No need to cut it up.
Water to cover
For building the rest of the soup later:
Chopped baby bok choy
Fresh sweet basil
Fresh mint
the grated ginger
Bean sprouts
Limes
Cooked rice noodles or ramen noodles (true pho is made with rice noodles, DH hates them though so he uses ramen)
In a 6 or 8 qt heavy bottom stock pot, place the onion & ginger cut side down. Turn the heat to high, and let them burn. You want a good black crust on the bottom. After they've burned, move them to the sides and add the chicken, then the rest of the ingredients. Add enough water just to cover, top off with a lid, bring to a boil for about 45 minutes.
Remove the chicken & put it in the fridge to cool enough to pick apart. Place a strainer over a large bowl or another pot, strain the broth. Taste it to see if it's chickeny enough for you, if it's not, add a box of low sodium chicken broth. If prep all of it in the morning you can let it completely cool and remove the fat from the top.
For each person that's actually going to eat, place a small bit of the baby bok choy into a bowl with torn basil & mint, a pinch or so of the grated ginger, small bit of the bean sprouts, and squeeze a wedge of the lemon over it. Once the chicken is shredded add a little bit of that, toss some noodles on it, and ladle the broth over it just enough to cover.
My 11 year old daughter ate three big bowls of this the other night. I was happy with just broth and I haven't started my liquid diet yet. Is gooooooood.
1 yellow onion, cut in half
1 large piece of ginger, peeled & sliced in half. (Keep one half for the broth, grate the other half for garnish)
2 cinnamon sticks
5 whole cloves
15 or so whole peppercorns
1 star anise if you can find it. (I did it without and it was just fine)
1 tbsp fish sauce (smells awful straight, will be fine in the soup)
1 to 1 1/2 c LOW SODIUM soy sauce
1 whole roasting chicken, washed & dried. No need to cut it up.
Water to cover
For building the rest of the soup later:
Chopped baby bok choy
Fresh sweet basil
Fresh mint
the grated ginger
Bean sprouts
Limes
Cooked rice noodles or ramen noodles (true pho is made with rice noodles, DH hates them though so he uses ramen)
In a 6 or 8 qt heavy bottom stock pot, place the onion & ginger cut side down. Turn the heat to high, and let them burn. You want a good black crust on the bottom. After they've burned, move them to the sides and add the chicken, then the rest of the ingredients. Add enough water just to cover, top off with a lid, bring to a boil for about 45 minutes.
Remove the chicken & put it in the fridge to cool enough to pick apart. Place a strainer over a large bowl or another pot, strain the broth. Taste it to see if it's chickeny enough for you, if it's not, add a box of low sodium chicken broth. If prep all of it in the morning you can let it completely cool and remove the fat from the top.
For each person that's actually going to eat, place a small bit of the baby bok choy into a bowl with torn basil & mint, a pinch or so of the grated ginger, small bit of the bean sprouts, and squeeze a wedge of the lemon over it. Once the chicken is shredded add a little bit of that, toss some noodles on it, and ladle the broth over it just enough to cover.
My 11 year old daughter ate three big bowls of this the other night. I was happy with just broth and I haven't started my liquid diet yet. Is gooooooood.
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