Soup – Page 4 – Kusina ni Norie

Beef Pepper Soup

This soup is a comfort food as far as I am concerned. You can make it with rice, Fideos or broken up angel hair spaghetti, about 1″ to 2″ long. It is easy and quick to make especially if in a pinch or too tired to make a big meal. It is a meal inContinue reading “Beef Pepper Soup”

Beef Noodle Soup

Fideos or Pideos Fideo is a type of pasta popular in Spanish or Mexican dishes. They are very fine noodles, finer than Angel Hair and cut up in pieces about 1” long. However, there are different thicknesses available but I opted for the finest one. It also depends on the brand. Filipinos adopted this dishContinue reading “Beef Noodle Soup”

Miswa Soup

(Ground Beef With Fine Flour Noodles) This dish is very easy to make but is very good. I cooked this soup one cold evening for my husband and I. I had a little leftover that I had for lunch the next day and I was going to cook more of this soup that would complementContinue reading “Miswa Soup”

Pinto Beans (Red Beans and Rice)

This may be the easiest but very flavorful meal to fix. As a matter of fact, this is my husband’s most favorite dish as well as a lot of people who were raised in Texas especially in the country. Some people call it red beans and rice even though it is neither the same redContinue reading “Pinto Beans (Red Beans and Rice)”

Beef Meatball Soup

This is a takeoff of Minestrone Meatball Soup. It is quite good especially on a cool night. Meatballs Ingredients: Mix the ingredients together using your hands until thoroughly mixed. Make balls about 1 ½ inches diameter. Roll in flour lightly. (You can omit the spinach.) Heat about 3 TBS oil in a skillet and brownContinue reading “Beef Meatball Soup”

Tortilla Soup

I tried to make this after I’ve eaten it in a Mexican restaurant. I have to brag that mine came out a lot better than the restaurant’s because it is more flavorful and not as salty. It is easy to make and the ingredients are mostly what I have on hand. Ingredients: 1 skinned chickenContinue reading “Tortilla Soup”

Picadillo Sa Pipino (Cucumber Soup)

Picadillo, pronounced Picadilyo in Filipino is a Hispanic or any Latin American dish made with seasoned ground beef. It is not any different in the Philippines where it is a dish made from ground beef or ground pork, called “giniling”. There are varieties of dishes called Picadilyo and this is only one of them. AnyContinue reading “Picadillo Sa Pipino (Cucumber Soup)”

Egg Drop Soup

This is a shortcut version for 2 servings 1 can chicken broth ¼ c water 1 scallion or fresh chives chopped 1 egg 1 TBS cornstarch dissolved in 1 TBS cold water Salt and White ground pepper to taste. 2 slices ginger root A pinch of MSG added will make it taste a lot betterContinue reading “Egg Drop Soup”

Sinigang Na Baboy

(Pork Sinigang) My family loves this dish and it is also one of their favorites and it has often been requested when they come to visit. Ingredients: 1 lb. pork loin with some fat (country ribs style) cut 3” long 1 bunch mustard greens (to use in lieu of kangkong) 1 Japanese eggplant (cut diagonally)Continue reading “Sinigang Na Baboy”

Chicken Lugao (Soup)

(Chicken and Rice Soup, Pospas, Arroz caldo) This is not called Chicken and Rice soup in the Philippines. It is called different names and all are commonly used. They are: Lugao or Lugaw, Pospas and Arroz Caldo, which is a take off from the similar dish of the Hispanics, Arroz caldo con pollo, which translatesContinue reading “Chicken Lugao (Soup)”