Yellow Chicken Soup Food

CHICKEN SOUP FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Place the chicken, celery, carrots, onions, parsnip (if using), parsley, peppercorns, bay leaves and salt in a large soup pot and cover with cold water by 1 inch.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, then immediately reduce the heat to very low. Adjust the heat until the soup is "smiling": barely moving on the surface, with an occasional bubble breaking through. Cook uncovered, until the chicken is very tender and falling off the bone, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• When cool enough to handle, use tongs to transfer chicken from the pot to a container. Taste the broth and continue to simmer it until it is concentrated and tasty. Strain broth through a fine sieve (or a colander lined with cheesecloth) into a separate container. Discard all the solids from the strainer (or reserve the vegetables, chill and serve with vinaigrette, if you wish).
• Refrigerate chicken pieces and broth separately for at least 8 hours (or up to 3 days), until a thick layer of yellow fat has risen to the top of the broth.
• When ready to finish the soup, use your fingers to separate chicken breast meat from bones and skin. Discard bones and skin. Use two forks to pull the breast meat apart into soft chunks, or use a knife and cut into bite-size pieces. (Reserve dark meat for another use.)
• Skim chicken fat from top of broth and set aside. Place 3 tablespoons of the fat in a soup pot with a lid. Add leeks, stir to coat, and heat over medium heat until leeks begin to fry. Then reduce the heat to a gentle sizzle and cook, stirring often, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add carrots, sprinkle with salt, stir, and cover the pot. Cook until vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes more. (Keep in mind that vegetables will continue to cook in the soup.) Do not brown.
• Pour broth into pot with vegetables and heat to a simmer. Add noodles and simmer until heated through, soft and plumped with chicken broth. Add the breast meat, then taste broth and add salt and pepper to taste. For best flavor, soup should have some golden droplets of fat on top; if needed, add more chicken fat one teaspoon at a time.
• Serve immediately, in a tureen or from the pot, sprinkling each serving with herbs.

YELLOW CURRY CHICKEN & RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté vegetables with 1 tbs butter until vegetables start to become soft.
• Add chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Add remaining ingredients and simmer 1/2 hour on low heat.
• Season to taste.

CHICKEN AND YELLOW RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Separate and place the chicken pieces in a 3 quart or larger pot. Discard the wing tips.
• Add the garlic, onion, carrots and chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Add the package of yellow rice and stir well.
• Turn down to a simmer and cover.
• Simmer for 1/2 hour until rice and vegetables are tender.
• Serve in wide bowls, including some broth. This is practically a meal in itself.
• People can easily remove the bones and skin from the chicken pieces in their bowls, or if you prefer, you could take the chicken pieces from the cooked soup and remove bones and skin before serving, returning the chicken meat to the soup.

YELLOW CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a stir fry pan mix 1 can coconut milk and the amount of curry you desire (start w/ half if you are unsure).
• Then add other can of milk and heat till boiling.
• Add the meat and continue to cook.
• When the meat is about 1/2 way done add the carrots and water and cook till carrots are tender.
• Add basil, pineapple, peas, and bamboo shoots and cook 2 more minutes.
• Serve over rice, and garnish with chopped cashews if you desire.

YELLOW CURRY CHICKEN (THAI SOUP)

Steps:

• Pre-cook the potatoes and carrots. Don't cook them too done, since they will simmer with the main dish later.
• Cut boneless, skinless chicken breast into bite-size pieces. Wash and cut vegetables into bite size pieces.
• In heavy sauce pan on medium heat, heat vegetables, oil, red curry paste, and 1/3 of the coconut milk. Heat 5 - 10 minutes, stirring, until it forms a thin gravy. (I used cut mushrooms and yellow onion).
• Turn the heat to high, add the chicken and cook until the chicken is half cooked, maybe 5 minutes.
• Add fish sauce, sugar, salt, and the rest of the coconut milk, and mix well. Stir in the curry powder, potatoes, carrots, and water/stock. If desired add bay leaf. Let it simmer 1 or 2 minutes.
• Add frozen peas (I put in spinach instead) and let it simmer until all vegetables and chicken are cooked. About 5 - 7 more minutes.
• Serve with rice (Basmati or Jasmine is best).
• **you can find most of the groceries at your local Asian grocery store, or the international isle of a major supermarket.