2 boxes (32 oz each) chicken or veggie broth
3 T. soy sauce
1 small piece of ginger, sliced, or a blob of minced jarred ginger
2 c. bok choy or napa cabbage, sliced
2 c. sliced mushrooms
2 med carrots, sliced
1 pkg cubed, extra firm tofu, drained
2 pkgs ramen noodles
4 scallions, thinly sliced
2 T. rice wine or juice of 1/2 a lime
sesame oil for garnish
Bring broth, soy sauce and ginger to a boil over med-high heat. Add bok choy or cabbage, mushrooms, carrots and tofu, cook 2 min then add noodles (save flavor packets for something else!). Reduce heat, keep at simmer. Cook noodles for 3 min, then add scallions and rice wine. Cook 1 min, serve in bowls. Add a few drops sesame oil on top of each bowl for an extra layer of Japanese yumminess.
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Another recipe from the "SOS Six 'O'Clock Scramble" by Aviva Goldfarb. Amazingly fast and amazingly yummy. Seriously....if you chop your veggies while the broth boils, this would take 15 min to make, start to end. Throw some grocery-store spring rolls in the toaster oven or microwave for a quick side and dinner is ON!
Thanks Suz! This is probably going to become one of those staple recipes for me...
ReplyDeleteI agree. I read this and thought it looked really good. So I gave it a shot.
ReplyDelete"Biggest Loser" version:
I used reduced sodium, fat-free chicken broth.
I used a pretty big bunch / head of bok choy.
I used cilantro (because for some reason I thought I read that you used cilantro, so I bought it and washed it and pulled it off the stems, then realized that it wasn't on the list. But I love it in Pho, so I put it in this.)
I didn't use any noodles. (Thus the tons of bok choy.)
I went with the lime juice.
I didn't put in any sesame oil.
It was great. I will admit that I could picture what it would taste like with the oil, and with the noodles. (I really like rice noodles, and have some "bean threads" at home too, but figured I'd go sans-noodles.) But this is a pretty good alternative for those of us in a stupid fat-guy contest, and according to my little iPhone app, it was about 70 calories for the big bowl that I just had.
Thanks!
Sweet! Love how Mike adapted it. I might add cilantro next time. Love me some cilantro,...I could put that in EVERYTHING. Mike, do you have sesame oil? Literally you just put like 2 drops in for a veritable flavor explosion. Don't think that would kill the diet. Anyway,...here's to yummy soup and great adaptations!
ReplyDeleteMade this tonight for my family and told them they could pick out the bits they don't like (my Dad hates mushrooms and Mom doesn't like tofu). Like Mike, I added cilantro, extra bok choy, and lime. My parents both loved it and went back for seconds...or course avoiding those pesky 'shrooms and tofu respectively!
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