Easy Beans Soup

This will be a wonderful soup for those nights when you just want a nice bowl of soup nothing but a simple bowl of soup nothing fancy just plain beans soup, maybe with a little wine and crackers.

 1 pound package great northern Beans

2 cups chopped ham ,1 cup chopped onion adding the wash and pick beans add your choice spices and herbs

Adding 6 cups chicken broth

Cook on low for 2 hours

Frogmore Stew Recipe

  Frogmore Stew Recipe


Hugh Acheson, chef of The National and Five & Ten in Athens, Georgia, and Empire State South in Atlanta, describes this dish as an upscale version of Frogmore stew. This hearty soup is a more refined version of the traditional Low Country boil, a mix of shrimp, crab or crawfish, corn on the cob, sausage, and potatoes, simmered in a mildly flavored broth. Still, it’s simple enough to serve at a tailgating lunch or casual dinner party. Feel free to swap out the shrimp with fresh crab. And if you happen to have any shrimp or lobster stock, they make a great substitute for fish stock.




    2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
    1/2 cup thinly sliced leeks, white parts only
    1/4 cup finely diced celery stalks with their leaves (use the tender inner stalks)
    1 cup coarsely chopped fresh tomatoes
    2 medium garlic cloves, minced
    1/2 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, coarsely chopped
    1 cup dry white wine
    1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
    1 cup tomato juice
    3 cups fish stock, shrimp stock, or lobster stock (clam juice works in a pinch)
    9 golf-ball-size new potatoes, cooked in salted water until just tender, then drained
    3 ears corn, shucked and cut crosswise into 4 pieces
    1 pound andouille sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices
    4 lemon rounds, sliced 1/8 inch thick
    1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more as needed
    1 1/2 pounds fresh large shrimp, heads off, peeled but with the very end of the tail shell intact
    1 cup arugula, coarsely chopped
    1 tablespoon coarsely chopped Italian parsley
    2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick)
    6 slices grilled or pan-fried country bread rubbed with garlic, for serving

1. Place a large pot over medium-high heat until hot, about 2 minutes. Add the olive oil, leeks, and celery and cook until just translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes, garlic, and thyme and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add the white wine and let it reduce by about half.
2. Add the Old Bay, tomato juice, fish stock, potatoes, corn, sausage, lemon, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and cook for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, season the shrimp with a 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and set the shrimp aside.
3. Reduce the heat to medium low, add the shrimp, and cover with a tightfitting lid. Cook until the shrimp are cooked through and no longer translucent, about 5 minutes.
4. Add the arugula, parsley, butter, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt and stir to combine. Cook until the butter is melted and the arugula is just wilted, about 1 minute more. Taste and season with additional salt as desired. Ladle the stew into 6 bowls and serve with a slice of grilled bread.

Irish Stew And Dumplings

How To Make Irish Stew And Dumplings Irish Stew and Dumplings Recipe. A delicious hearty dish, perfect for winter. A traditional dish which still warms our hearts. Sample our Irish Stew and Dumplings recipe.

You Will Need To Get Started

   1 1/4 kg lamb or beef
    2 tbsp of seasoned flour
    350 g onions, sliced
    220 g carrots, sliced
    2 medium leeks, washed and sliced
    1 large potato, peeled and diced
    1 1/4 ltr chicken stock
    salt and pepper
    2 bay leaves
    250 ml red wine
    25 g butter
    4 tbsp oil
    and for the dumplings:
    110 g self-raising flour
    1 tbsp fresh parsley
    50 g shredded suet

    1 large saucepan
    1 cutting board
    1 serving dish
    1 knife
    1 slotted spoon
    1 spoon
    1 serving bowl

Step 1:  See at top right.

Step 2: Cube the meat

Prepare the meat.Ideally the meat should be cut into 2cm cubes, but also remember that whilst getting rid of any excess fat it's good to leave some connective tissue as this adds to the overall flavour.

Sprinkle the meat cubes with seasoned flour.
Step 3: Sear the meat

Heat up your saucepan and add a little oil and butter. Lightly sear the meat. You will probably have to do it in batches.
Step 4: Prepare for stewing

Pour the wine into the pan to flavour the ingredients. Layer the meat, onions, carrots, leeks and potatoes on top.
Step 5: Simmer

Pour in the stock and add the bay leaves. Bring it to a simmer. Let it cook for 2 hours with the lid on.
Step 6: Prepare the dumplings

Now for the dumplings! Mix the flour, parsley, salt and pepper in a bowl. Gently add the suet. It should not be rubbed in. Add some cold water and gradually mix into an elastic dough.

When you have achieved the right consistency, divide the dough into eight dumplings.
Step 7: Set aside the meat

Once the Irish stew is ready, remove all the meat and vegetables, transfer them to a warm serving dish and cover with foil. Strain the liquid into a smaller saucepan to cook the dumplings.
Step 8: Cook the dumplings

Bring the remaining liquid back to the boil and put the dumplings in the pan. Cover them and leave them to boil for about 20 to 25 minutes.

Do not let them come off the boil.
Step 9: Prepare to serve

Arrange the meat, vegetables and dumplings in your serving dish, pour over the sauce, sprinkle over the chopped parsley, taste and season if required.
Serve the Irish stew while piping hot.

Creole Turtle Soup Recipe

Turtles are said to contain about 7 different flavors of meat, so it would be very easy to slip a more inexpensive meat in with the Turtle, I’ve even heard of some places slipping in some Alligator. Finding Turtle Meat in your area, you may have a bit of a challenge. If you have a great Asian Market in your area, it’s probably your best bet, they may even have them live if you would like to butcher them yourself.

 It’s a messy business job, with a lot of blood and lot of squirming. Keep the fuss down you can buy frozen.


Creole Turtle Soup Recipe

Roux:
1 Cup cooking oil

1 Cup All Purpose Flour

(By now you should know how to make Roux)

1 lb Turtle Meat Cut into 1/2 inch cubes

1 1/2 Cup Onion, Finely Diced

1 Cup Celery, Finely Diced

1/4 Cup Green Onion, Finely Sliced

2 tsp Garlic, Minced

1 1/2 Cup Fresh Tomato, Diced

1 Qt Beef Broth

1/8  Cayenne pepper

2 Tbsp Fresh Thyme Leaves

1 Tbsp Fresh Marjoram, Chopped

Salt and Black Pepper to taste

1/4 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice

4 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce


 Lemon Slices

Parsley Finely Chopped

4 tablespoon unsalted Butter


Made The Roux...


In a large saucepan or dutch oven, melt  butter over medium-high heat, add the diced Turtle Meat and saute until nicely browned.

On medium heat, add onions, the celery, and garlic. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Saute until the vegetables are tender.

Add the tomatoes, cook for 10 mins.add the Beef broth, Worcestershire, Cayenne, and Bay Leaves.

Bring to a boil  simmer for 20-30 mins, stirring occasionally and skimming off any impurities that may rise to the surface.

Whisk in the Roux, simmer until thickened and smooth. Add the Thyme, and Marjoram, simmer for 15-20 minutes more.

Add the Lemon Juice and simmer

Serve with green onions and fresh Parsley  on top
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Serve garnished with Lemon Slices and Parsley.

You can make this soup a stew by adding whole potatoes and carrots during the 20-30 mins boil.

Sausage And Rice Stew

Just plain and a little touch of spicy yall!!! This stew will keep you warm for a while.. This rice stew so simple to parpare and no fuss in the kitchen. Make some this weekend.

Ingredients:

1 large onion

3 cloves of garlic, minced

2-3 Tbsp cooking

4 Tbsp tomato paste

¼ c barbecue sauce

1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes

1 14.5 can diced tomatoes

2 c chicken stock

3 Tbsp brown sugar

2-3 bay leaves

4 smoke sausages sliced into 1/4" pieces

1 c cooked rice

salt and pepper to taste

1/8 cayenne pepper

Directions:

Sauté onion and garlic in cooking oil.

Add tomato paste and barbeque sauce and stir for 2 more minutes.

Add canned tomatoes and cover. Cook for 10 minutes.

Add chicken stock, brown sugar and bay leaves.

Bring soup to a boil and then simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.

Remove bay leaves add salt and pepper  to taste

Add rice. Cook for 5 more minutes

Beef Short Rib Stew

It's Cold outside and you need something warm inside of you.The best thing is too do is make a big pot of beef stew and eat on it for at least three days. I love a lot tomatoes in my beef stew it just the best tasting broth around. Short rib in your stew.... I call it stew on the bone.


Ingredients

6 beef short ribs, trimmed of fat

Flour for dusting

1/4 cup good cooking

2 cups chopped onion

1 cups diced celery

2 cup carrots, peeled and large-diced

3 garlic cloves, minced

6 tablespoons tomato paste

6 cups beef stock

6 med potatoes cut up

6 med tomatoes cut up

Directions

Salt and pepper

Short ribs dust them with flour.

Place the short ribs in a frying pan and brown on both sides and add to a large Dutch oven

Adding beef broth and cook for 30 mins on med heat.


Then add on top of short ribs add celery, 1 cup onions, carrots, tomatoes and garlic and salt and pepper to taste or your choice of season and herbs.

Cook stew on med heat  20 mins.after 20 mins....gently take out shout ribs out and set a side.

Add potatoes 1 cup onions cook until potatoes are tender.

Stir in tomatoes paste and let the tomatoes paste cook until stew thicken (add more beef broth if needed)

After stew is thicken at the shout ribs back in and simmer about 10 mins.

When doing this step it cover the rid with the sauce of the tomatoes and keep the ribs together.

Slow Cooker Smoky White Bean Chicken Chili

Ingredients

1 pound boneless chicken breast or turkey breast cooked and shredded

1 medium onion, chopped

1/2 cup red and green bell pepper chopped

1/2 cup chopped celery

4 tablespoon Bacon dripping

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon dried cilantro

4 garlic cloves, minced

2 cans 15 ounces each white kidney beans, rinsed and drained

4 cups chicken broth

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 tablespoon tomato paste

Directions

Saute the chopped veggies in bacon dripping and toss everything into the crock pot. Cook on low for 4 to 6 hour.

Chicken & Mushroom Stew

Chicken & Mushroom Stew is a very hearty stew and very rich. I am sure your family and friends will love you for perpard this wonderful heart warming stew.


8 whole chicken thighs

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon thyme leaves, roughly chopped

salt & ground black

1 cup canola Cooking Oil

1 cup chopped onions

1 cup chopped celery

1 1/2 cup water

1 pound crimini mushrooms, wiped with paper towel, ends trimmed, halved

2 sprigs thyme leaves

1 large bay leaf



Combine flour, thyme, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss to coat well.

Add oil in a large skillet over medium heat add chicken and sauté until browned on all sides but not cooked completely through.

Remove oil from pan.

Add both can of cream soups to a bowl with 1 1/2 cup chicken blending together until smooth add to chicken thighs

making sure it is very smooth

Add 1 cup chopped onions and 1 cup chopped celery Add salt and Pepper to taste and simmer for 30 mins.

Add mushrooms and cook 10 more mins Add sour cream and blend well on low heat.

over any egg noodle.

Serve on top

1 cups green onions, very thinly sliced

1 cup Italian flat parsley, rough chop

Craw fish Etouffee

In Louisiana, there's nothing better than this classic during craw fish season. This recipe is easy and can be substituted with shrimp or (both) when craw fish are out of season. Even better when served with garlic French bread! 

1 lb craw fish tail meat        

1 1/2 sticks butter

8 oz cream of mushroom soup

1 cup chopped onions

Dash cayenne pepper
           
1 cup Bell pepper

1/2 cup celery

2 tablespoon chopped garlic
          
1 tablespoon parsley flakes (Dried)

1/2 teaspoon thyme
 
1 tablespoon Cajun Season 
 
1/4 diced onion tops         


First step is to season the craw fish tails with cajun season and put aside.
In a sauce pan on med heat. add veggies cook until onions are clear.

Add cream soup, reduce heat when soup starts to simmer whisk butter and cream soup is blended well, cover and let simmer 10 mins 

Add craw fish tails and simmer and reduce heat and let simmer 10 mins.

Add in onion tops, season to taste and your ready to serve!

Serve Etouffee over white rice

CHICKEN SOUP OR STEW

JUST CHICKEN SOUP ALONG CAN MAKE YOU FEEL SO GOOD ON A COLD RAINNY  DAY AND IT IS JUST THE RIGHT THING TO SERVE WITH YOU JUST WANT SOMETHING GOOD AND HOT.WHEN THERE NO TIME TO FUSS IN THE KITCHEN PUT A WHOLE CHICKEN IN A POT AND MAKE A POT OF CHICKEN STEW .

START WITH A

1  4 pound whole chicken

2 onions, coarsely chopped

1 bay leaf

3/4 cup long grain rice

3 tablespoon cooking oil

2 stalks celery, chopped

1 carrot, chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

Several sprigs thyme, chopped

Several leaf fresh parley



Place the chicken in a pot and cover with water.  Add half of the onion and the bay leaf; cover and bring to a boil.

 Remove lid and simmer about 35 minutes to cook through. 

Remove chicken from pot and let cool.take out bones and place in a bowl, reserving cooking liquid to use later.

Stir in rice and add 2 cups chicken stock; bring to a boil.  Lower heat, cooking until rice is tender, about 15 minutes

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Cook Rice not sticky but flaky

Heat the cooking oil in a medium pot.  Add remaining onion, celery, carrot, salt and pepper.  Cover, cooking for about 5 minutes.

 

 Add 2 cups reserved cooking liquid and bring to a boil. now, add thyme, parsley.

How To Serve:

Put rice in a bowl

Now the chicken and cover with broth

Top with fresh chop parley

Broccoli Cheese Soup

You can add that lelfover Turkey to this soup with no problem making it a real good meal for your family in no time... just add a long green salad and Bread.


2 c milk

3/4 c water

3/4 lb Velveeta cheese

1 package frozen broccoli

3 T corn starch

3/4 c water

Cook milk, cheese and 3/4 cup water on low until melted.Add broccoli and heat until warm.Add 3/4 cup water and corn starch

to broccoli-cheese and heat thorouly.Add cooked chicken or Turkey and simmer for 3 mins

Turkey Stew In Bread Bowl

This is the most simply stew to prepared in mins with that left over Thanksgiving Turkey.

You will need

2 can cream chicken soup

 1 can carrots

6 New Potatoes peel and cook tender

2 cups cooked left over turkey

Add cream of chicken soup to pan

Add 2 cups chicken broth stir until creamy

 Add cook carrots and potatoes and your own spices.

Fold in Turkey

Simmer on low heat until all blend together serve in bread bowls