Showing posts with label potato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label potato. Show all posts
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Sweet Potato and Chorizo Soup Slow Cooker Recipe
Its another cold, wet, and gray day---which means you should make soup.
In the crockpot.
I found this recipe over a year ago while link-following (thats a verb, right?) Shauna and Danny Ahern, authors of Gluten Free Girl and The Chef (great cookbook, it should definitely be in your kitchen if it isnt already--not just for GF peeps) and GlutenFreeGirl.com made it for the Pork People (technical term), and I wanted to see if I could crockpotecize (thats definitely a verb) it.
and it worked! This recipe is on page 226 of the new More Make it Fast, Cook it Slow book (which should also most definitely be in your kitchen), but I never posted it online.
oops.
so here you go!
The Ingredients.
serves 8
7 cups chicken broth
7 ounces chorizo sausage, sliced (pork, beef, turkey, veggie; your choice)
2 large carrots, peeled and chopped (or a handful of baby carrots)
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
1 3/4 pounds (about 3 large) sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
8 tablespoons sour cream (for serving)
The Directions.
Use a 6-quart slow cooker. Pour in the chicken broth and add the sliced chorizo (no need to brown first, YAY!). Add the carrots, onion, sweet potatoes, and garlic Dont worry about chopping your vegetables in pretty shapes----its all going to be blended together anyhow (after cooking).
Stir in the curry powder and chile flakes.
Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or on high for 4 to 5 hours (low is better, IMO). Before serving, use a hand-held stick blender to blend the soup completely (even the chorizo. I know, it sounds weird, but trust me). Ladle into bowls and serve with a dollop of sour cream.
The Verdict.
I was fascinated by this ingredient list and am so glad that I gave it a try. Its velvety and smooth, with a great depth of flavor. The heat sneaks up but isnt overwhelming. You can omit the red pepper flakes if youre worried about the spice, and then add at the table to the grown-up servings. My girls thought it was a bit too firery, but liked scooping the sour cream off the top and dunked corn bread into the soup and ate it that way.
Adam is not a soup guy (he keeps reminding me of this, and I keep forgetting), but he practically licked his bowl clean. Ive got more chorizo in the freezer earmarked just for this!
yet again, Im behind with the 2008 flashbacks. I have no idea how I got through that year of cooking and posting daily---Im having trouble posting weekly now!
March 10 Creamed Spinach (shhh. its good for you!)
March 11 Dulce de Leche (you arent supposed to make this. and thats all I should really say, probably)
March 12 Ginger Teriyaki Tofu (Im the only one who ate this)
March 13 Blue Cheese and Steak Roll-Ups (fancy schmancy)
March 14 French Onion Soup (seriously good. even if youre not a "soup guy")
March 15 Creamy Avocado Chipotle Soup (sounds odd. kind of is.)
March 16 Roasted Cabbage and Potatoes (sometimes I dont know what to type in the parentheses)
March 17 Apricot Chicken (this is what I make when we have company with kids)
March 18 Hardboiled Eggs (you can hardboil eggs in the crockpot! but that doesnt mean you should.)
March 19 Leg of Lamb (the absolute best way to cook lamb---really. moist, delicious, perfect)
March 20 Sweet and Spicy Salmon (spring is a great time to cook fish in the crockpot)
March 21 Overnight Breakfast Potatoes with Sausage (cooking while you sleep is the ultimate in luxury. that, and maybe a butler?)
March 22 Traditional Beef Stew (there are as many variations of stew as there are missing Barbie shoes)
March 23 Taco Dip (I have a few different taco dip recipes. this is the first one)
Happy Slow Cooking! Have a great week!
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato Southwestern Stew
I was playing in the garden yesterday and realized a bit before 2pm that I had forgotten about dinner, and scrambled to throw something in the slow cooker. This is a completely made-up clean-out-the-pantry meal. Wednesday is usually our leftover night, but I kind of ate all the leftovers in the house for lunch. oops.The Ingredients.
4 frozen chicken breast halves (about 1 pound)
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in 2 inch chunks
1 (15-ounce) can baked beans
1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
1 (4-ounce) can fire roasted diced chile (a last minute brainstorm!)
1/2 cup pineapple juice (leftover from the Easter Ham)
The Directions.
Use a 4 quart slow cooker. Put the chicken into your stoneware, and drop the sweet potato chunks on top. Add all the contents of the baked beans, tomato paste, and diced chile. Pour on the pineapple juice. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours, or on low for 6-8. Your stew is done when the chicken is cooked through and the the sweet potatoes are fork-tender.
The Vedict.
This is gross. Really gross. I think its the tomato paste. I took a few bites to be a good sport, but could tell about 2 hours into it that this wasnt going to be a very good dinner. I thought maybe with some shredded cheese it could be palatable, but it just wasnt. The house smelled like burnt tomato stew, even though the tomato paste mixed with the pineapple juice and bean and chile liquid and there was plenty of moisture. It was just not good.
really bad.
really really really bad.
We ended up having McDonalds. I drove through in my slippers.
other memorable flops:
coconut chicken curry
fruit leather
bacon wrapped scallops
hard boiled eggs
roasted pumpkin seeds
Friday, March 13, 2015
Spicy Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
These Spicy Sweet Potato Fries are deliciously vegan for Meatless Monday!
I try to post a meatless main dish every week for Meatless Monday, but some weeks it just doesn't work out. Last week I tried out an idea for a meatless pasta dish, and it was definitely tasty. Unfortunately, the photos were so unappetizing that the recipe still needs work. Luckily, I did manage to get some good photos this week to update this favorite recipe for Spicy Sweet Potato Fries. The first time I made this recipe, I took one bite and knew immediately I'd be making these sweet potato fries over and over. My favorite sweet potatoes fries are not only meatless, but this recipe is deliciously vegan. Who knows, this just might become your favorite way to cook sweet potatoes?
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I try to post a meatless main dish every week for Meatless Monday, but some weeks it just doesn't work out. Last week I tried out an idea for a meatless pasta dish, and it was definitely tasty. Unfortunately, the photos were so unappetizing that the recipe still needs work. Luckily, I did manage to get some good photos this week to update this favorite recipe for Spicy Sweet Potato Fries. The first time I made this recipe, I took one bite and knew immediately I'd be making these sweet potato fries over and over. My favorite sweet potatoes fries are not only meatless, but this recipe is deliciously vegan. Who knows, this just might become your favorite way to cook sweet potatoes?
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