#soup recipes

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Heya folks n friends! Today on our LotR cooking series, we're going to be making something inspired by Mrs. Maggot, wife of Farmer Maggot. Originally we were going to do a cream of mushroom soup, but the idea of adding meat as a cheeky lil joke on their last names was too good to pass up. In my mind meat goes better with thin soups than creamy ones.

And thus Mrs. Maggots Meat 'N Mush Stew was born.

(As always you can find the cooking instructions and full ingredient list under the break-)

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SO, “what goes in to Mrs. Maggots Meat 'N Mush Stew?” YOU MIGHT ASKFor the stew portion itself we're going to be using a hearty base, aiming for a layering of flavors. If you feel comfortable making a roux, feel free to do so, but I did not due to energy levels and thus the flour in this recipe is only used for searing the meat before its added to the pot.

Cubed beef

Flour

Peanut oil

Beef stock

Dried porcini mushrooms

Carrots, chopped

Onion, diced

Garlic, crushed

Scallion, chopped

Bay leaf

Salt and pepper

Ground red pepper

Cumin

Zatarins gumbo file

For the other mushrooms, were going to cook them separate and throw them in at the end (but they'll have friends to keep them company!!).

Cremini mushrooms, sliced

Half an onion

Carrots

Garlic

Salt and pepper

Thyme

Olive oil

This took about 4 hours in total. If you have a slow cooker itd probably be easier to use that, but as is isn't too bad either. I mostly worked on commission stuff in the kitchen in-between stirring. "The best food is the one you don't have to make, the second best food is the one you don't have to think while making."

AND, “what does Mrs. Maggots Meat 'N Mush Stew taste like?” YOU MIGHT ASK

HOT HOT HOT

Tastes like walking from the cold into the cramped but cozy bar your friend works at

Meat was so tender and juicy, melts in your mouth. Makes you cry

It wanst actually carmelization but the onions had a hint of tasting caramelized

Mushrooms- a strong umami flavor with a bit of smokeyness

Once you get that Perfect level of gumbo file, it just makes every other element stick out more

Like an energy booster for the ingredients

A spotlight on the bay leaf, and oils, and spices

. If you don't want to use beef, feel free to use vegetable stock instead and replace the cubes with strips of king oyster mushrooms. Exclude the flour but still cook them in the pan. . this isnt officially part of the recipe since im not sure itd be 'on theme', but feel free to start your rice cooker around the 3 hour mark so you can have some hot rice ready for serving as filler.

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When I was looking through food and food mentions in LotR, Mrs.Maggot just stook out to me. 'Queen amongst farmers wives' is both really sweet and a fuckin killer description. What a legend. I wanted to do something based on her and our two options were either beer, bacon or raw mushrooms. Beer while very appealing is also not something you can whip up in a day, while raw mushrooms have a chance of killing my beloved readers. I don't want to talk about me and bacons sordid past.

And so as praise to this funky farmer women, may you add this stew to your collection of potpie, lasagna, and roast recipes.

Did i mention i started my first grease fire when making this? Yeah. Don't cover any empty greased pan even if your intent is to keep water from splashing into it.

Anyway, this recipe is a solid 10/10 (with 1 being food that makes one physically sick and 10 being food that gives one a lust for life again.) The partner has already made me pledge to cook it again hehehe

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Ingredients:

2 lbs cubed beef

A little bit of flour to 'tumble' the meat in, in a bowl

Peanut oil to sear the beef, as needed

3 kilograms beef stock

28g dried porcini mushrooms

4 carrots, chopped

1 white onion, diced

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 scallion branch, chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

Ground red pepper to taste

Cumin to taste

3 bay leafs

A pinch of Zatarins gumbo file

Ingredients… . . TWO:

1 lb cremini mushrooms

Half of a white onion, diced

1 carrot, chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

Salt, pepper, and thyme to taste

Olive oil as needed to pan-fry

Method:

Put the porcini mushrooms into a bowl, add enough warm water to cover. Give them roughly 20 minutes, or until softened and the waters turned color.

Cut the carrots, onion, and garlic.

Get a large pot with a lid, pour in your stock (or water and bouillon cubes). Pour in the porcinis and the mushroom water. Turn the burner to medium-high.

Add your bay leaves, carrots, onion, and garlic to the pot. Add extra salt if you'd like.

Tenderize and cut your beef into roughly 1 inch cubes.

In a small bowl, pour a handful of flour along with pepper, cumin, and ground red pepper. Mix until combined.

Lightly toss each cube of beef in the mixture, get a little coverage on each side.

Heat a frying pan to medium heat and add peanut oil. If using an electric stovetop it will take time to heat up.

Add some of your beef cubes to the pan, don't overcrowd it. Flip to check sides are a light brown with dark brown edges, its good for some pink/red to poke through.

Add beef cubes to the pot when done, careful of splashing.

Keep doing this in batches until all beef cubes are added. 

 Once the pot has reached a simmer, turn the heat down a few notches and cover.

Set a timer for 4 hours. Taste test every so often. Aim to stir the pot every 10-15 minutes.

(You can do steps 14-21 immediately or optionally wait a bit)

 Rinse and dry your cremini mushrooms.

Slice them vertically. Cut the carrots, onion, and garlic.

In a frying pan on medium-low heat, add olive oil, carrots, and onion. Keep the vegetables moving! When they start to change texture, add your cremini mushrooms.

Bring the pan up to medium heat. 

Once your mushrooms have cooked off the liquid inside, theyll start turning a deeper brown. Add the garlic. Keep! the! vegetables! Moving!

If the pan gets overcrowded, take some out and set it aside in a bowl. Smaller batches.

This process took roughly 15 minutes, but youll know its done once everything has a nice sear on it and the garlic is brown but not burnt. Add salt, pepper, and thyme to taste.

Set everything aside in a bowl.

Once the 4 hours are up the meat should be cooked all the way through and tender enough to pull apart. Strain the bay leaves out. Cut and add scallions. Add the bowl with cremini mushrooms.

Add a pinch of gumbo file to start, stir and taste test.

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MAKING SOUPS THAT PHIL LESTER WOULD PROBABLY HATE:

WEEK 1 / ?

Starting strong with this plain ass vegetable soup I made because I’ve been having GI problems and needed something plain </3 if you want to follow my soup series it’ll be under #nikki’s soup series

I was bored so I made a YouTube video for it lmao it’s like thirty seconds and not that deep so follow along and make it if you want :)

I haven’t made cooking tutorials in forever and it was so fun so I might start making them again!

If you subscribed to my channel in 2017 and remember my old content too bad all my videos are private <3

P.s. if there’s a soup recipe you want me to try leave a reply or an ask so I can try it because I love soup <3

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Tom Kha Gai!

Here's a post about how to make Tom Kha Gai, the best soup on planet earth! Tom Kha is a Thai soup with a creamy coconut milk base, the rich and sharp flavor of Thai ginger (galangal), lemongrass, lime, mushrooms, tomato, and cilantro.

When made with chicken (as below), it's called Tom Kha Gai, but it can easily be made with various other forms of protein and slightly tweaked to be made vegetarian if you wish.

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What you'll need—

Galangal (a good hunk)

Lemongrass (1-2 stalks)

Coconut milk (1 can)

Chicken broth (1 can)

Kaffir lime leaves (handfull)

Thai chillies (handfull)

Shallot (2 medium/4 small), or onion

Tomato (1 medium, or equivalent amount of cherry tomatoes)

Lime (1, or less if you want less of a tang)

Mushrooms, any kind (about a cup, or more if your mushroom whimsy calls you)

Chicken (~1 lb)

Fish sauce (2 tbsp)

Palm sugar (1 tsp), or brown sugar

Cilantro (hanfull)

Green onion (handfull chopped)

Ingredient notes—

Galangal: this is sometimes called "Thai ginger." Some recipes suggest substituting ginger for galangal if you can't find it. Don't! Tom Kha (tom = "to boil," kha = "galangal") is ALL about the galangal! Alternatives if you can't find it fresh: frozen (like below), or powders/pastes.

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Lemongrass: if you can't find this near you, try a lemongrass powder or paste.

Makrut/kaffir lime leaves: these are bought dried, so they're easy to buy online if you can't find them locally.

Recipe—

Pour chicken broth into medium size pot and add the shallot. Turn heat to medium high.

Pound the lemongrass and galangal to bring out the flavor, then add to broth.

Bring to boil.

Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and add.

Add coconut milk, mushrooms, tomatoes, chilles, palm sugar, fish sauce, mushrooms, and lime leaves. (Everything except lime, cilantro, green onion.)

Turn the heat down and simmer ~15 minutes until chicken is cooked.

Turn off the heat, add lime juice, cilantro, and green onion. Enjoy! Serve with rice if you'd like.

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Oh mistress of soup, I have a soup question and a follow up question if you can spare time for a beginner. 🥺

I had some amazing blended chicken and veggie soup as well as a creamy pumpkin soup when I was in Ireland this past month. And now I want to make a blended soup myself but I am having trouble finding recipes. Do you have any you recommend?

Also, can I use a blender or do I need something special to make the soup really nicely blended? I’m struggling to find answers and I just want to eat nice soup this winter season. 😭😭

Omg hi Meg!!! Consider me your soupervisor here to advise you!!!!

Blended soups are sooo easy, I promise!! You literally can just stick them in a blender, yes. I make butternut squash soup allll the time, and tomato soup as well, and they just have you dump it right in after the veggies have cooked through.

A normal blender usually works totally fine; that's what I always use. But if you are gonna become a blended soup person, get an immersion blender!!! I don't have one yet (until hopefully Christmas this year LOL) but I use my mom's religiously when I'm over there and it's THE BEST. I love not having to transfer the soup over, especially if it's in a heavy pot.

But that's it. I promise you it's that easy and your blender will do totally fine, no special tools needed!!!!

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This rustic Tuscan-inspired White Bean Kale Soup is easy enough for a weeknight and delivers healthy wholesome comfort in a hurry! The Parmesan Toasts have a kick of black pepper for the perfect crispy, cheesy accompaniment.

https://www.fromachefskitchen.com/white-bean-kale-soup/

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ARE YOU A SOUP LOVER? DO YOU STRUGGLE TO THINK OF SOUPS TO MAKE DESPITE YOUR LOVE FOR THIS DELECTABLE LIQUID? LOOK NO FURTHER

I already meal-prep every week and I fucking love soup (and I make it all the damn time too), so why not post my recipes

Some will be random recipes from the internet, some will be classics that most people have had, and some will be creations from my head that I have no idea if they will be good or not

Starting mid-January, I'm going to try and post a soup recipe whenever I make soup (I don't know how long this series will be and maybe it'll only be one post lmfao). Feel free to drop suggestions or requests into my inbox and I'll add it to my list .. this also helps me meal-prep when I'm lacking in the creativity department

Enjoy my soup recipes I hope that people enjoy and make them too.. if you make a recipe plz tag me or something I want to see (again.. I love soup). I'll be tagging these with #nikki's soup series if you'd ever like to go scrolling through what I post