Joys Life Diet Soup Creole Recipes

CHICKEN CREOLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in 5 to 6 quart dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Cook onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic and chicken in butter 7 to 9 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is softened and chicken is no longer pink in the center.
• Stir in flour.
• Cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until flour is light brown.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except rice and water.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium low.
• Cover and cook 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chicken is tender.
• Meanwhile, cook rice in water as directed on package; stir cooked rice into soup.
• Remove bay leaves.

CREOLE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large covered pot, boil meat in seasoned stock and water with whole ribs of celery, whole onion and whole potato.
• Simmer for 3 hours or longer.
• Take soup meat from pot and remove meat from bone. Chop into bite sized pieced, discarding bone and fat.
• Mash well cooked vegetables through a strainer or puree with stock blender. Return these ingredients and meat to the liquid.
• Add al other vegetables and rice, cook until vegetables are well done.
• Break small amount of spaghetti or macaroni into soup during last 20 minutes of cooking.

CREOLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , Add the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf before serving.