On 3/13/2021 10:39 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 3/13/2021 5:10 PM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
>> Our first night as empty nesters, so I'm making something my son
>> wouldn't like. It's chicken soup, and here are the veggies going in.
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/361781...posted-public/
>>
>>
>> Two poblanos, two carrots, an onion, a stalk of celery and a red bell
>> pepper.
>> There are three chicken breasts in the Power Quick Pot. One will be
>> saved for my wife for next week lunches, and the other two will be cut
>> up for the soup. There's about a half a quart of aseptic packaged
>> chicken stock in the fridge, and I'll also throw in some broken jasmine
>> rice.
>>
>> OK, everything is in the pot but the chicken for another 30 minutes.
>> Then, I'll quick release the steam, add the chopped chicken, and however
>> much water, and give it another 2 minutes on pressure. There's plenty to
>> take over to my in-laws tomorrow.
>>
>
> I can't seem to cook soup small to save my soul.Â* Grandma taught me to
> make vegetable soup in a 16 qt stockpot, starting with a couple of beef
> soup bones.Â* I could sum up my cooking style as "feeding a great
> depression era family of 8"... lol.Â* Hey, the soup lasts me a week and a
> half, even when I give some away.
>
You could halve the soup by going to ONE soup bone. The soup I made
would have been improved by double the poblanos, and or the addition
of a serrano. Also, 32 oz of boxed chicken stock in stead of 16 oz +
16 oz water. I'm going to start making beef soups soon, the first
being one with barley.

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