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Fried Egg with Radish Top Soup

This is a twist of classic Chinese Fried Egg and Tomato soup. I swapped out tomatoes not only because I used my last 2 Roma tomatoes in my Bison Picadillo dish, but also I wanted to get some leafy green into my kids. This soup is so easy and tasty, it is a perfect dish to seal an amazing dinner.

Ingredients:

4 large eggs

green leaves of a bundle of radish

1 tsp salt

1 chicken bullion

Method:

In a soup pot, yes, a soup pot, heat up 1 tsp of vegetable oil on medium high heat. Beat the eggs in a bowl lightly and pour into the soup pot. The eggs will immediately start to sizzle. Don’t rush, let the eggs fry a bit on it’s own to form almost an egg pancake at the bottom, for about 20 seconds.

Use a wooden spoon, roughly break up the eggs, push the eggs around and form bite size pieces. It’s important not to scramble the eggs, otherwise you won’t be able to have large egg pieces later on in the soup.

Once eggs are all set, add about 4 cups of water, drop in the bullion cube and let it completely dissolve. Bring the water to a boil. Immediately kill the heat and drop in the radish tops.

Push the radish tops into the soup and let the residua heat cook the leaves until they are wilted. Serve immediately or cooled.

Letter Pasta Soup

Don’t ask me why, because I have no clue, why my kids are obsessed with these. May it be the alphabet letters of the pasta, may it be the chicken broth, I have no clue. In ideal world, I’d love to have some vegetables in it, or shredded chicken or something, but my kids really love it as is right now. I will have to figure out a great way to add more nutrient into it.

Ingredients:

1/2 lb alphabet pasta, good enough for 3 to 4 servings for little kids

about 4 cups of chicken stock, or 4 cups of water plus 2 chicken bullion cubes

 

Method:

Bring chicken broth or water to a boil. If using water, add chicken bullion cubes, or vegetable bullion cubes and dissolve. Add alphabet letters and cook according to the instruction on the packaging. Or, just let it boil for about 5 minutes. I like turning off my stove and put the lid on the pot and let the residual heat to finish cooking the tiny little pasta, and give the pasta another chance to fully absorb the flavor of the broth.

Dish up and serve! Another great hint, if you got little kids who are not really patient enough to wait till the soup is no longer piping hot, I like to serve the pasta into a bowl and throw in a few ice cubes into the bowl and mix. The letter pasta soup will cool down instantly, without diluting the flavor much.