Monday, August 5, 2013

Old Cucumber and Salted Kohlrabi Chicken Soup


Old Cucumber and Salted Kohlrabi Chicken Soup
 
It was in our Facebook group that I'd first heard of salted kohlrabi. Kohlrabi - what was it...german turnip, cultivar of cabbage ..according to Wikipedia.

Salted Kohlrabi

I've so far only included it in soups but I'm guessing it'll go great in braised dishes as well. 

It wasn't easy trying to find this ingredient. Partly because I had no idea how it would be packaged for the supermarket. I took some time reading the labels for each salted vegetable I picked up and it would have been easier to spot had it not all been compressed in little clear plastic packets. But joy, I found it!

AndDdDDdddd.. so was born this easy soup recipe.

Ingredients:

- 2 pcs whole chicken leg
- ½ medium old cucumber (remove seeds and slice)
- 1 medium red onion (quartered)
- 1 slice salted kohlrabi (rinsed and sliced into smaller pieces)
- 4 pcs dried black fungus (medium variety, soaked for 30 minutes, remove hard parts, slice into smaller pieces  if you wish)
- 1 medium carrot (cubed)
- 1- 1.5L water
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 stalk spring onion (chopped, for garnishing)


The ingredients

How-to:
1) Lay all the ingredients in the pot. Pour water in.
2) Boil until chicken is tender. (One hour on medium heat did it for me.)
3) At the last stage of cooking, taste and season with salt (if necessary) and pepper. Cook for awhile longer.
4) Serve garnished with spring onions.


Slow boil

Tadaaa! Tender chicken with salted kohlrabi and old cucumber

Soup of the day..slurp!


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6 comments:

  1. I haven't used kohl rabi in any soup before. This looks delicious! I must try this in winter when we get the tender vegetable.

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    1. Thanks Kanak. I've never cooked fresh kohlrabi before! Looking forward to your post :)

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  2. I can always trust you to come up with something new and interesting to do with food ;-)

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    1. Thanks Abbe. I hope that when I reach my 1st anniversary of food blogging, I can look back and say "Boy, I sure learned a lot!"..lol

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  3. Looks like my kind of soup! I love soups, dear!

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    1. Thanks, Shirley. So do I! It's almost a daily thing in my home.

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