Soup – Page 2 – Kusina ni Norie

15 Bean Soup

This soup doesn’t have to have 15 kinds of beans. One kind of beans is all it takes to make this scrumptious soup but just the name it is called is enough to take notice. However, it is also the different tastes of the different beans that meld together in the soup that makes itContinue reading “15 Bean Soup”

Crab Soup With Misua Noodles

INGREDIENTS: 2 to 3 cooked crabs ½ onion minced (about 1/2 cup) 1 large clove garlic smashed and minced 4 thin slices ginger root julienned About 1/2 bundle misua noodles or ½ cup broken to 2” Japanese thin noodles 2 cups water Salt and pepper Cooking Oil Procedure: Cut crabs in half, break off theContinue reading “Crab Soup With Misua Noodles”

Potato Soup

INGREDIENTS: 2 to 3 medium size Russet potatoes, peeled and cubed small 2 TBS butter or olive oil or 2 strips of thick sliced bacon, diced 1 small onion minced 1 clove garlic minced 1 clove garlic 1 stalk celery minced + some leaves 1 small carrot minced 1/2 tsp. celery seeds (optional) 3 TBSContinue reading “Potato Soup”

Dinuguan (Blood Soup, Stew)

Dinuguan is a soup made with beef or pork blood. Dugô or dugó means blood, hence dinuguan is “with blood” literally. Commonly cooked with pork intestines or uteri or some other internal organs and cooked in vinegar and water. This is a very popular dish both in the Philippines and to Filipinos abroad. Filipinos eatContinue reading “Dinuguan (Blood Soup, Stew)”

Mexican Menudo

I first had a taste of menudo when my best friend and neighbor Linda invited us to a party at her house one New Year’s Eve. She said that it is a tradition among Mexicans to have menudo to eat when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve for good luck. My husband won’tContinue reading “Mexican Menudo”

Goto (Tripe Lugao)

(Pronounced Go-toh) Lugao or lugaw is a rice congee (Asian) or gruel usually cooked with meats like beef tripe, chicken and sometimes clams or mussels. It is also called arroz caldo con tripas de res in Spanish. It is not eaten as a main meal in the Philippines but eaten as a merienda or mid-dayContinue reading “Goto (Tripe Lugao)”

Lugaw With Mussels or Clams

(Rice With Mussels or Clams Soup) Ingredients: 2 doz. Manila clams or 1 dozen mussels 1 tsp grated or julienned ginger root 1/2 cup chopped onions 2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced 8 cups water ¾ cup long grain rice uncooked and washed salt, black pepper Chopped green onions and/or fried garlic for garnish SteamContinue reading “Lugaw With Mussels or Clams”

Pancit Sotanghon

The Transparent Noodles For those who do not know the difference between Bihon and Sotanghon, Sotanghon are noodles made from Mung beans. It is probably more familiar to you as the “transparent noodles”. It is also known as Bean Thread and is more commonly sold at the Asian section of grocery stores than the riceContinue reading “Pancit Sotanghon”

Pancit Molo (Soup)

The original Filipino-Chinese version of Wonton Soup It is called Pancit even if it doesn’t have any noodles in it because it uses egg noodles dough but not extruded as noodles. It is rolled out and cut as for dumpling wrappers. Molo is a place in the province of Iloilo in the Philippines where itContinue reading “Pancit Molo (Soup)”

Ham and Bean Soup

Papa’s recipe (not the sweet pork and beans) Around the Christmas holidays in the Philippines we would cook a large dried ham. This ham is a whole salt cured ham, smoked and dried imported from China. And because it is almost mummified it took forever and a day to boil it in a conglomeration ofContinue reading “Ham and Bean Soup”