Saturday, April 19, 2014

Homemade Italian Wedding Soup: Samantha Martinek


Parents: you love them, and you hate them. You can’t live with them, and you surely can’t live without them. Our parent’s cooking is usually the first we ever eat , well, after getting baby teeth.   And coming from my very Italian cooking background, it only makes sense that I would write about something dealing with my mother’s wonderful cooking.   I have  never before talked about my mom’s recipe for her Italian Wedding soup , mostly because it was just a soup that she threw   together after seeing a version of it at The Olive Garden.    .   There was a lot of trial and error figuring out how much of every vegetable put in.  Over time, she has done away with the  sausage in her soup and replaced it with chicken.  She and my dad have also started putting potatoes in it to absorb some of the broth and flavors.
  My mom has said that she has learned some basic tricks when making this soup, and they really help speed up the process.  She uses storebought  broth  and she always buys packaged  chicken breasts  because. My mom is really squeamish about that kind of stuff. I’ve had enough conversations about dissections with her to know.   Unfortunately, there are no exact measurements for the ingredients. You have to eyeball the whole recipe in order to get it right.   Her final piece of advice is, don’t rush it! You want to let the numerous flavors soak into the noodles and such.  Also,  it freezes extremely well!
Ingredients:
  • Chicken Breast
  • Chicken Base
  • Spinach
  • Carrots
  • Potatoes
  • Egg White Noodles
  • Orzo Pasta noodles (Small cut noodles)
  • Celery 
No quanties are given because you add more of what you like. This recipe is based off of eyeballing the dish.
Process:
  1. Beginning by cutting everything into bite size pieces.
  2. Boil the Chicken in water until tender
  3. In a separate pot, boil the vegetables with the chicken base until tender. 
  4. When everything is tender, mix them together, and add the noodles to the pot, continue boiling
  5. Serve!



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