Chicken Soup With Flanken Food

CHICKEN SOUP WITH FLANKEN

Steps:

• In a very large pot, combine chicken pieces, flanken and shinbone. Add water to cover, place over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Carefully remove foam as it forms.
• When there is no more foam, add vegetables in following order: carrot chunks, celery chunks, parsnip, turnip, parsley roots, onion, garlic, leek and zucchini. As vegetables become tender, remove them.
• When all vegetables have been removed, add parsley and dill. Simmer until flanken is very tender, about 2 hours. Discard parsley and dill. Remove flanken and chicken, and set aside. Strain soup, then return meat, chicken and shinbone to pot.
• Before serving soup, remove fat from surface. Add marrow-bone ends, sliced carrots and sliced celery. Place over medium heat, and simmer until vegetables are tender. Remove and discard marrow bones. Remove flanken and chicken; slice and serve separately. Season soup with salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into bowls and serve.

SOUP 'N FLEISCH (FLANKEN)

Steps:

• Grate carrots, celery and onions, and set aside. I blended the soup later so this step is up to you. If you want a creamy soup, no need to grate.
• In a large pot, cover the flanken with water; bring to boil for 2 minutes; then change water to the full amount (4-5 quarts).
• Bring this fresh water with flanken to a boil.
• Add the dried soup mix with contents of seasoning packet enclosed, bouillon cubes and the bay leaf.
• Cook for 1/2 hour.
• Add (grated) vegetables and cook for at least 1 hour on a low flame. I cooked it for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Then add garlic powder or fresh garlic. Salt and pepper, to taste, and add potatoes. Cook for 10-15 minutes more.
• Taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary.
• When ready to serve, remove bay leaf.
• If you want the soup creamy, you may remove veggies to the blender. Be careful for any bones that may have come loose from the short ribs.
• Meanwhile, put the meat into a separate bowl so that you can remove bones and fat and trim into nice chunks.
• Once the veggies are blended, you can add it back to the pot with the soup to mix.
• You may serve in bowls with the meat added or freeze in plastic containers distributing the meat chunks evenly.
• Serve with bread as a meal in one.

BALABOOSTA'S JEWISH FLANKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Sprinkle the meat well, with salt and pepper, on both sides.
• 2. Heat oil in deep heavy pan and sear meat on both sides. Set meat aside.
• 3. In same oil sauté onion until golden.
• 4. In same oil add and sauté garlic for about 1 minute.
• 5. Add parsley, thyme, pepper flakes, crushed tomatoes ( with juice), lemon juice, Worcestershire and brown sugar. Mix and bring to a slow simmer.
• 6. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• 7. Pour 1/2 of sauce into heavy dutch oven. Place meat over. Pour other 1/2 of sauce over. Pour hot water over. Cover.
• 8. Cook in oven for at least 3 hours ( more is better) or until the meat is very soft. . Check periodically and add water if flanken if needed.

CHICKEN MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Mince garlic; slice leek longways then chop.
• Place a standard dutch oven(or soup pot if you don't have a dutch oven) on the stove top.
• Add a splash of olive oil, garlic, leek, onion and rosemary and saute over medium high heat for several minutes.
• Add white wine and stir gently for one minute.
• Add chicken broth, mushrooms, bay leaves, carrots, celery,and barley and increase heat slightly. Stir occasionally until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer.
• Chop chicken into strips. Add a splash of olive oil to a frying pan and brown chicken on both sides. While chicken is cooking, season with pepper & thyme.
• Add chicken to soup mixture. Again bring mixture to a boil. After it reaches the boiling stage, reduce heat to simmer and partially cover.
• Cook approximately 30 minutes (stirring occasionally) to insure chicken is cooked through.