Chicken Fennel Soup

It has been rainy couple of days out here, its the perfect weather for the soup day.  I like all kind of soups but this thin broth soup goes perfect with rice or noodles. The trick is to make your own chicken stock using chicken breast with bone and cook rice or noodle separately so it won't get soggy. Enjoy this light hearty super delicious chicken soup!

Yield :5

Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

Chicken stock

2 chicken breast with bone

2 celery stalk

1 bulb onions

2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

8 cups water

Shredded or diced cooked chicken breast from the chicken stock.

1 cup thinly sliced carrot

1 cup chopped green onion

1 cup chopped fennel

Cooked rice or cooked noodles

Directions:

1. Fill the pot with 8 cups of water, add chicken breast with bone, onion bulb, celery stalk, salt and black pepper. Cook it in medium high for 35 minutes. After it is cooked, separate the prepared stock to the another pot.  Add carrot to the stock and cook for 10 minutes. Add the shredded chicken breast, green onion and fennel to the cooked stock, serve it on top of rice or cooked noodles. Enjoy it !!

Chicken Teriyaki

Well  recently i have been cooking chicken teriyaki a lot,its easy to make, kids friendly and simply delicious. Here is the recipe i made with chicken wings,don't forget to cook it in wok or iron skillet.

Yield :4
Time:30 minutes

Ingredients:

Two pounds chicken wings split in two pieces
3 tablespoon oil
3 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon fresh ginger paste
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sesame seed

Directions:

1. Heat the iron skillet in high temperature, pour some oil and immediately put chicken wings, stir fry it approximately 6 minutes until the outer layer of chicken is evenly brown in color.

2. Add salt,soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, ginger paste, sugar and lemon. Turn the heat down to medium, Cover the pan withe lid stirring the chicken wings occasionally. Cook it for 15 minutes. At end sprinkle some sesame seeds and serve it in a plate with rice.... I hope you guys enjoy it ..

Egg Rolls

Well staying at home in this cold winter, expecting winter icy storm can be boring. Instead of making warm soup, i ended up making this simple egg rolls filled with ground chicken, cabbage and carrots. It's very easy and very delicious.

Yield : 12 spring rolls
Time:30 mins

Ingredients :

1 chicken breast finely chopped or ground
3 cups thinly sliced cabbage
2 cups shredded carrots
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 package egg roll wrap

1 qt vegetable oil for frying

Direction:

1.  In a pan, cook the chicken with 2 table spoon of oil in a medium heat for about five minutes. Add the shredded cabbage and carrots in the pan. Make sure to cook until the vegetable is tender or water in the vegetable dries up. Add salt, soy sauce, ginger  and garlic salt to the mixture and let it aside to cool.

2. Fill the egg roll wrap with the mixture, the direction is shown in the package. Deep fry the egg roll in hot oil and serve it with soy sauce...