Soup – Kusina ni Norie

Easy Potato Soup

My husband hasn’t been feeling good and has no appetite lately. But he needed some nourishment though. I asked him if he wanted soup for supper so maybe he can eat and fill his stomach with something. He said he’d try. I had a few ideas of what kind of soup to cook but IContinue reading “Easy Potato Soup”

Corn Egg Drop Soup

I bought a few ears of corn when they were on sale in the summer for like 7 ears for a dollar, then I froze them for later use. One day I thought about the corn in the freezer that we have not eaten so I came up with an idea to make corn soup. Continue reading “Corn Egg Drop Soup”

Hot And Sour Soup

My husband and I love the hot and sour soup at one of our favorite Chinese restaurants. He thinks their hot and sour soup is the best he has ever tasted. He asked me to try to copy it and so, one day when it was very cold, I got motivated to make some. ItContinue reading “Hot And Sour Soup”

Tamales Con Poblanos

Ingredients: Remove the seeds of the roasted and skinned poblano peppers then cut them in narrow strips then cut them about 1 ½ inches long. Remove the husk from the tamales and cut them about 1 inch long. Heat 1 TBSP. cooking oil in a skillet and sauté the onions until limp then drop inContinue reading “Tamales Con Poblanos”

Pesang Pork Ribs With Upo Squash

This particular dish was my family’s favorite when I was growing up. We didn’t have a name for it and my sister just called it “nilagang baboy sa luya”, which means boiled pork with ginger root, so I invented the name “Pesa” because it is the same cooking method as Pesang Isda (fish). This wasContinue reading “Pesang Pork Ribs With Upo Squash”

Chicken Gumbo

With or Without Sausage I always get good compliments on my gumbo whenever I make it for company. They say that they have eaten a lot of gumbo elsewhere before but mine was the best. I even heard from a guest that she thought her mother from Louisiana made the best gumbo but mine wasContinue reading “Chicken Gumbo”

Fresh Corn Soup

This soup is made from leftover beef broth from boiled beef like “nilagang baka” or extra broth from boiling oxtail for “kare-kare”. You can also use beef or chicken broth from the can. Fresh corns are on sale in the summer and this is a good dish to use them. Ingredients: 2 corn on theContinue reading “Fresh Corn Soup”

Mussels (Tinolang Tahong)

1 doz Mussels, cleaned 1” ginger root, crushed ½ small onion, minced 1 clove garlic smashed and minced 1 green onion cut in 2” length Spinach (optional) Chayote squash cut in thin wedges (optional) 1 cup water ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. course cracked black pepper Lemon wedges Choose mussels with the shells shut. OpenedContinue reading “Mussels (Tinolang Tahong)”

Patola In Ramen Soup

I had more patola and I had to dream up dishes to use it in. I came up with this idea that is very quick and no fuss at all. 1 package Ramen Noodle Soup, any flavor 1 dried Shitake mushroom (Oriental) soaked in water then sliced thin or diced small. 1 Patola squash, dicedContinue reading “Patola In Ramen Soup”

Miswa sa Patola

(Pork Meatballs with Patola and Miswa noodles) “Miswa Sa Patola” is one of the names of this authentic Filipino dish. It is also called “bola-bolang (meatballs) may miswa at patola”. The very fine flour noodles in the soup is called “miswa” (Click on the word miswa to take you to the Glossary link). The picturesContinue reading “Miswa sa Patola”