Dumpling noodle soup... your own version!
SOUP.
I used to hate the stuff.
Maybe hate is too strong a word...
I just thought it was a fake meal.
All liquidy & no substance! What a waste!
Thanks to Muffin, North America, South East Asia and my palate.. I am now a soup lover!
This is more about ratios than recipes, really.
1/2 teaspoon vegetarian oyster sauce
Broth
1 cup water
1/2 cup uncooked chinese noodles (or 2 min noodles)
1/2 teaspoon stock powder
2 chunks ginger
Bring water, stock and ginger to the boil. When your vegetables are almost cooked through, add noodles until cooked.
Vegetables (1 cup ANY mixed vegies. I used...)
1 Tablespoon oil
1 Tablespoon sliced onion
5 broccoli florets
1/4 cup diced eggplant
2 big handfuls chopped chinese greens
1/4 cup frozen soy beans
I used to hate the stuff.
Maybe hate is too strong a word...
I just thought it was a fake meal.
All liquidy & no substance! What a waste!
Thanks to Muffin, North America, South East Asia and my palate.. I am now a soup lover!
(I've always been a curly straw lover)
Sometimes when you're home alone, you make dumpling soup whilst listening to Lady Gaga and Beyonce really loud.. then later you eat 2 chocolate bars in a row and instantly feel really sick...
SOME people do that... I mean.... So I've heard..
so they say..
so they say..
This soup is good for*:
families
couples
children
fussy people
monkeys
cats
dogs
sloths
stick insects
(*some of these are untrue)
The base soup is simple and then you add your own special flavours in the bowl.
That's right - RIGHT IN THE BOWL, I SAID.
This idea works for many reasons.
One example could be that you personally LOVE the taste of sesame oil,
heck, you would wear it as a perfume if you could...
but unfortunately your boyfriend is all sesamed out from the past 4 years of forced consumption.. he has now become bitter towards you and your relationship with sesame.
~ So he passes you the sesame oil (and seeds!) and he goes without (such a shame).
Again... so I've heard.
It's about your own taste buds.. Mine goes something like this:
1/2 Tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 Tablespoon black vinegar
1/2 teaspoon chilli sauce/hot sauce/sriracha
1/2 teaspoon black bean sauce
1/2 teaspoon pickled ginger liquid & 2 pieces sliced ginger
few drops sesame oil
sprinkle toasted sesame seeds
1 birdseye chilli, sliced, seeds removed
But hey... I'm a complicated bug.
plain broth, before seasonings
delicious broth, after added seasonings
Noodle & Dumpling Soup.
1 cup water
1/2 cup uncooked chinese noodles (or 2 min noodles)
1/2 teaspoon stock powder
2 chunks ginger
Bring water, stock and ginger to the boil. When your vegetables are almost cooked through, add noodles until cooked.
Vegetables (1 cup ANY mixed vegies. I used...)
1 Tablespoon oil
1 Tablespoon sliced onion
5 broccoli florets
1/4 cup diced eggplant
2 big handfuls chopped chinese greens
1/4 cup frozen soy beans
3 frozen vegetable dumplings
Heat a frying pan and throw in oil, onion, broccoli and eggplant. Season with salt and pepper.
After 5 minutes, add in 1/4 cup broth and chinese greens, soy beans and frozen dumplings.
Place lid on top until dumplings & soy beans are entirely cooked through, shaking pan throughout, about 5 mins.
Discard ginger from broth.
Transfer broth and noodles to a big bowl.
Transfer broth and noodles to a big bowl.
Top with vegetables and dumplings and season to your liking with sauces, chilies etc!
Eat it with someone special, feeling glee, joy and pure happiness.
interessting that u add ginger in the soup. I have never donne that and I am quite curious to know how it alters the flavoure of the soup. thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteYep! It's just adds a nice little zip of ginger flavour without having to chew on it! I do it pretty often.. possibly because i am too lazy to cut it up! Give it a go :)
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