just made some chicken lentil soup- good for a cold and

[tigereye]

snowy day! I love "soup weather."

[Lucinda]

1. yummm

i love lentils too..how did you make the soup?

[tigereye]

4. poached skinless chicken breasts in water for 1/2 hour

soaked the lentils
cut up the cooked chicken and put back in pot with water
add lentils
added 2 medium onions, sliced carrots and celery
add several cloves of garlic, chopped
add several cups of chicken broth
add basil, rosemary, oregano and bay leaves, salt and pepper to taste
cook on medium for about an hour then simmer on low for about an hour

have with crusty ciabatta and some grated cheese!


and there you have it! :D

[housewolf]

2. I'd like to know too...

I've been doing a lot of soups late and always appreciate a new recipe

Thanks, it sounds delicious!

[housewolf]

3. oops, accidentally posted twice, please delete

[pengillian101]

5. I made a variaton of this today.

Frozen crab, shrimp and lobster leftovers. Add baby portabella mushrooms. Basic recipe. Yum. Turned out that I made it 1/2 portion of creamy to the chicken broth. Experiment - that's what's fun about cooking :-)


Crab Bisque (slightly revised**)
Filed under: Seafood, Soup — Tags: Crab

Serving Size : 4

2 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon onion — dehydrated or fresh

1 tablespoon fresh parsley — chopped

1 1/2 cups crabmeat — lump or canned

2 tablespoons flour

2 cups chicken broth

2 cups half and half (**note – original Newick’s recipe used 2 cups light cream)

pinch cayenne

salt — to taste

Melt butter and add onion and cook slowly until golden. If using dehydrated onion, rehydrate first in warm water. Add the crab and parsley and cook over low, stirring constantly about 4 minutes. Add flour and stir to blend and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in broth and simmer 20 minutes with pan partially covered. Add cream and cayenne. Heat and salt to taste.

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Per serving: 287 Calories; 22g Fat (68% calories from fat); 14g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 100mg Cholesterol; 1035mg Sodium

NOTES : This recipe comes from one of the most frequented seafood restaurants in the Portland Me/ Portsmouth NH area called

“Newick’s.”

[tigereye]

6. interesting- I've never made a crab soup...

cool.