Basque Ham Chicken And Vegetable Soup Recipes

BASQUE HAM, CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy stock pot, add flour - whisking rapidly. Add milk slowly whisking all the time. Whisk in water. Keep warm.
• In another smaller pot, saute onions and carrots in butter over medium heat, stirring frequently. When they are almost done add all the other vegetables and garlic, stir gently. When the vegetables are almost cooked, add them to the creamed mixture.
• Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 10 min, scraping the bottom of the pot often so that the soup will not burn. Remove the bay leaf. (Do not cook too long or the vegetables will disintegrate and the texture will change) Set aside for 2 hours to let the flavors blend. Then refrigerate. Its even tastier the second day.

HAM BONE AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt bacon grease in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in hot bacon grease until vegetables are slightly tender and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir potatoes into onion mixture; cook and stir until golden, about 10 minutes.
• Stir hot water and chicken bouillon together in a slow cooker until bouillon is dissolved; add onion mixture, ham bone, diced tomatoes, corn, tomato sauce, black pepper, and salt.
• Cook soup in the slow cooker set to Low for 4 to 6 hours. Remove ham bone from soup and let rest until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from ham bone and stir meat into soup.

PERFECT CHICKEN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add chicken breasts, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth into the pot; bring to a boil. Stir in potatoes, cabbage, and carrot. Simmer soup until potatoes are tender, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Bring soup back to a boil. Drizzle in eggs, stirring until cooked, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.

BASQUE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In Dutch oven, slowly bring chicken and water to a boil; skim foam. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45-60 minutes or until tender. Remove chicken; set aside until cool enough to handle., Strain broth and skim fat. Return broth to Dutch oven. Add the leeks, carrots, turnip, onion, potato, garlic, salt, pepper, parsley and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes., Meanwhile, remove chicken from bones; discard bones and skin. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces; add to the Dutch oven. Add the sausage, beans and cabbage. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in tomato sauce; heat through.

HAM AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham hocks, carrots, celery, onion and water in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2-1/2 hours or until meat starts to all off the bones. , Add potatoes and vegetables; bring to a boil oil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove hocks; allow to cool. Remove meat from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; discard bones. Return meat to kettle. Stir in bean and bacon soup and pepper; heat through.

BASQUE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except salt, pepper and croutons in slow cooker; cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve topped with croutons.