Tag Archives: Soup

I hope nobody you know is sick right now. I hope it’s, at worst, a common cold, common boredom bred by self-quarantine, or a stubbed toe because you tried some ridiculous workout video you found online. Or, if you’re me, last week, after yet another thing fell out of my …

I dreamed up this soup with picky eaters in mind and I know how picky eaters think because I was one. Well, am one. (Shh, don’t tell anyone. I’ve managed to keep it a secret so long.) My first cookbook has no soup recipes because I didn’t consider myself a …

posted by Jaden Warm, rich broth with silky-juicy chicken. Slippery fresh rice noodles and snappy shrimp. This recipe for Malaysian Chicken Noodle Soup with Asian Greens and Chili-Soy Sauce is from Chef Robert Danhi’s cookbook, Southeast Asian Flavors Cookbook. It’s a stellar recipe that I know you will absolutely enjoy. The …

[Welcome to the final installment of ✨ Newer, Better Month ✨ on Smitten Kitchen, when I update a few SK classics with new knowledge, new techniques, and with real-life time constraints in mind. Previously: Perfect Spaghetti and Meatballs, Extra-Flaky Pie Crust, and Extra-Billowy Dutch Baby Pancake.] French onion soup is …

Last April, Food52’s Cookbook Club chose Smitten Kitchen Every Day as their book to cook through that month, but I promise, this isn’t the point at all. The club has monthly picks and a yearly Bonus Book, a cookbook participants cook through at their leisure. So while April was my …

posted by Jaden When I was in Los Angeles a few years ago, I stopped by the now-closed (sniff sniff) The Cook’s Library Bookstore and picked up a copy of Tessa Kiros’ Apples For Jam, A Colorful Cookbook fully intending it to be a gift for a friend, but after …

Here are a few things I know to be true: Split pea soup is never going to win the winter soup Olympics. Its signature hue of mushy pea green will never be prized as fashionable by anyone but the unfashionable likes of me. If you know people who stand up …

posted by Jaden on November 11, 2017 You’ll learn how to make miso soup, in 4 different ways. Choose the method that fits your time available! Make miso soup in 1 minute…all the way to the authentic version with homemade dashi and miso paste. Plus, important tips on what NOT …

posted by Jaden on October 4, 2017 Authentic Pho recipe from award-winning cookbook author and foremost expert in Vietnamese cuisine, Andrea Nguyen. You’ll learn: Best beef bones to use for Pho Secret to clear, clean broth (no scum!) Tip for a deeper, more savory flavor in this Pho recipe. What …

posted by Jaden on June 19, 2017 Bird’s Nest Soup 燕窝 is one of the most luxurious and expensive delicacies in Chinese cuisine. The shallow cup-shaped nest that hang from the sides of caves takes the swiftlet bird over 30 days to build. For hundreds of years, bird’s nest soup has …