Tonight I was in the mood for something quick, easy, and warm since we got a good inch of snow today. (In Southernese, that means we had ourselves a right pretty blizzard y'all.) So thus, I started rummaging through the freezer. And here's what I came up with. I call it...
Freezer Soup
2 cups frozen peas
2 cups frozen edamame
1 cup frozen corn
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
2 packages chicken flavored ramen noodles, (we'll be using only one of the flavor packets)
4 cubes chicken bouillon
Boil 4 cups of water, dissolve chicken bouillon cubes in water, resulting in hot chicken broth. Place peas, edamame, corn, and onion into a large pot or wok. Slowly pour hot broth over veggies in pan. Turn heat to medium, bring to a simmer and let simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Once the vegetables are cooked, add the chicken, one packet of seasoning and ramen noodles. Simmer until ramen noodles are cooked through (about 3 minutes). Serve and enjoy!
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| Cheapest way to do chicken broth! |
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| Mmm...freezer-burned veggies. Not that you could tell at all! |
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| Mmm...getting to a simmer. |
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| It's oodles....of noodles... |
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| Adding in the ramen. |
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| Final product! |
- We like our soups to be thicker and less brothy. You can always control how much broth you want.
- It might be a little salty for some of you. Use reduced-sodium chicken broth, and use less of the ramen seasoning packet.
- It's soup - so add whatever you want. I have a personal vendetta against celery, especially in soups, so to me this was something amazingly delicious and celery-free.
- Ramen noodles cook really quickly, so be sure to put them in just a few minutes before serving otherwise they'll get mushy!
Turned out pretty tasty! Makes about 5 healthy portions, probably 6 even healthier portions. Now...go see what you can pull out of your freezer and put into soup and let me know how it turns out!
Oh, and here are a few snow pictures from today. :)
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