{"id":930,"date":"2009-07-25T12:02:50","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T10:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=930"},"modified":"2009-07-25T12:02:50","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T10:02:50","slug":"bens-chicken-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/eclectic\/bens-chicken-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben's Chicken Soup…"},"content":{"rendered":"

What??? Ben’s Chicken Soup Recipe??? WTF!!!<\/strong><\/span>
\n\"\"
\n“What??? What did he say???? Ben’s Chicken Soup on a Fashion, Beauty Photography and More… Blog?…”<\/span><\/strong>
\nCooking and Photography have many similarities. They both have to deal with a lot of ingredients.
\nYes, this is the part of my blog that I have neglected. The “MORE” part of the title of Benjamin Kanarek Blog. It is the other thing I like to do; Cooking, when I have the time. I make a pretty mean chicken soup.
\nSo here goes… This will be good for at least 4 very large portions and will last a second day for the soup only.<\/p>\n

Prepare the following:
\n4 Chicken thighs and 4 legs
\nA very large cooking onion or 2 medium sized ones
\n4 sections of garlic not the whole bulb!\u00a0 These should be medium sized cloves.
\n6 large carrots
\n2 medium sized white turnip’s
\n1 large celery branch
\nFresh Parsley
\n6 bouillon cubes
\nPepper
\nCorn or Sunflower seed oil<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… And the ingredient that makes this so different… <\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

1 medium sized Leek
\n<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Prepare a pot that can accommodate three liters of water plus all of the ingredients. I would suggest a pot that has at least a 5-6 liter capacity. The pot must have a lid (a cover)
\nHave a Soup spoon available.
\nPrepare the following vegetables:
\nFinely chop the onions and place them in a bowl, as they will be the first in to the pot.\u00a0 You will need the space on the cutting board to chop the other vegetables.
\nSlice the carrots to around a 1\/8th inch or 5mm thickness.
\nDice the white beets in 1\/4 inch 1cm cubes
\nSlice the Leeks and Celery branch in 1\/4 inch 1cm thick pieces
\nFinely chop a hand full of parsley leaves.
\nFinely slice the 4 cloves of Garlic in 1mm or 1\/32nd of an inch slices.
\nKeep these ingredients aside for now.
\nPlace the large pot on the stove at a medium temperature. Put 4 Soup Spoons of the cooking oil in to the pot. Wait about 2-3 minutes. Put a drop of water in the cooking oil. If it pops the temperature is correct.
\nPut the chopped onions in to the pot stirring occasionally for around 2-3 minutes. Onions should be a very light brown.
\nNow place the eight pieces of chicken in to the pot and stir the onions and chicken together.
\nPut the lid on the pot and check every minute or so stirring as not to burn. Do this for about two to three minutes.
\nYou may now add ALL of the ingredients except the Garlic and the Parsley.
\nCover the pot and check it every 1 minute for around 6-8 minutes always stirring and re-covering the pot after each stirring.\u00a0 We don’t want to burn the ingredients.
\nHere comes the soup…
\nRemove the lid of the pot and you will now add 3 (three) liters of water.
\nAdd the 6 bouillon cubes
\nAdd the sliced Garlic
\nAdd 1\/4 teaspoon of Pepper.
\nNow reduce the heat to around 4\/10 on the thermostat and put the lid on leaving around a 1\/4 inch 1cm opening on the side.\u00a0 This will keep the soup from boiling over. That is the reason for the Soup Spoon or other utensil to keep the lid open a bit.
\nYou will see that the soup is boiling, but not rapidly.\u00a0 Keep it at this setting for around 20 minutes. You may notice a loss of volume from the evaporation.\u00a0 You can compensate by adding around 1\/4 cup or 10 CL of water.
\nLower the temperature to around 3\/10 on the thermostat and cover the pot completely. You will know it is too hot if the soup boils over. If it does, lower the temperature 1 notch until it stops doing so.\u00a0 3\/10 is usually the good temperature. It should be boiling, but NOT boiling over.
\nYou may now add the chopped Parsley
\nLeave on stove for another 1.5 hours.\u00a0 You may add another 1\/4 cup, 10CL of water to compensate for the evaporation.
\nNow that your soup is ready, take another smaller pot and transfer enough soup for 4 large servings and perhaps a second serving of the soup. Place the second pot on a low medium setting of around 2-3\/10 and add a cup of fine soup noodles. I would suggest a half cup or around 150 grams. Noodles will be ready in 3-5 minutes.
\nServe the soup in a separate bowl.\u00a0 Place the pieces of chicken on a separate plate allowing you to cut the chicken to be placed in the soup or eaten separately. You may like to eat your chicken with either Dijon or Grey Poupon Mustard.
\nOption #2<\/strong><\/span>
\nIf you enjoy a smooth soup, you can put your soup in a blender until smooth and serve in the same manner.\u00a0 Very flavorful option.<\/strong>
\nEnjoy… I know that you will!
\nThis was a customization of my Mom’s original recipe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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