On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 07:21:05 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 22:53:59 -0700, koko > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 22:32:43 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Chicken tortilla soup.
>> >
>> >I took the picture with my phone camera (inside the kitchen) and for
>> >those who care, the white spots are not salt. They are just a
>> >reflection of overhead lighting that my phone's camera couldn't deal
>> >with. http://oi60.tinypic.com/346oos1.jpg
>>
>> Dang, I wish my soup shots looked that good.
>> It looks delicious, care to share your recipe?
>>
>High praise coming from you, Koko, thank you! My recipe is a "no
>recipe" recipe that I make when I have a convergence of leftover
>chicken that's too small to inspire anything else and stale tortilla
>chips to use up or throw away.
>
>I started last night's soup with a rich, homemade chicken stock (made
>with onion, carrot, celery and a little tomato - which can be fresh,
>canned, even a dab of tomato ketchup will do)... but it's not beneath
>me to begin with boxed chicken broth and doctor it up. I add one or
>two carrots that have been sliced paper thin and sliced green onions
>to the broth and let it simmer a few minutes while I'm shredding the
>chicken (volume varies depending on the amount of leftover chicken I
>am dealing with) and add it to the broth with a big handful of chopped
>cilantro.
>
>When I dish it up, I crush a handful of tortilla chips and put them on
>the bottom of the bowl with a couple of tablespoons of salsa fresca
>from the refrigerated section, fill the bowl with soup and serve.
>
>Tortilla chips (Safeway sells identical chips by the pound now)
>http://casasanchezsf.com/wp-content/...sanchez-sf.jpg
>Salsa
>http://www.shopwell.com/signature-ca...s/p/2113006806
>
>That's it!

Thank you, copied and saved

koko

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