384939 Sun Mar 25 21:46:36 -0700 2007 29 31 Home Cooking 0 2420474 I crave my mom's oxtail soup recipe, especially when I'm sick. Its called Kkori Gom Tang in Korean and whenever its cold and grey out, my body craves the creamy broth so I can get better. I recommend buying Oxtails at Costco, where you can get more bang for your buck. I then make a quick stop by the Mexican market in San Bruno, where everything is fresh and buy ginger, onion (green and yellow) and leeks. This soup makes me always feel better and can be made to be a great soup broth for other soups too. Give it a try and let me know if you love it as much as I do! Ingredients Ox Tail Bones with meat-----1pkg Lots of Water Ginger Onion Pepper and Salt for taste Chopped Green Onion for garmish Method 1. Place ox tail bones in a large bowl of cold water for about 1 hour. (This is to take out excessive blood.) 2. Put cleaned ox tails in a large pot with about 1.5 gallon of water. 3. On a medium heat, boil for about 6 to 10 hours. (the more, the better) During the boiling time, check the pot from time to time and take out oil floating on surface with a big serving spoon. Pour more water to maintain at least 1 gallon in the pot. When it is done, it should be close to cream color. 4. Serve soup with couple of bones with sides of chopped green onion, salt and pepper. Sun Mar 25 21:46:36 -0700 2007 62781 yolo 1 2420622 In my book nothing beats a good chicken soup - I like using a couple leg/thigh pieces cooked with onions, celery, garlic peppercorns to make a nice rich broth- I pick out the chicken and steain the solids - Put the broth back on the stove - add sliced carrots, celery and some sliced onion - I shred the chicken off the bones and return to the broth and season to taste Noodles and/or matzah balls complete the meal - and teh healing Sun Mar 25 23:19:05 -0700 2007 2420474 11622 weinstein5 2 2420785 Couldn't agree more, Weinstein5. I take all the skin off the meat and put in a few breasts too- only to take out all the meat to make chicken salad. Yes, I know, weird. Chicken soup with no chicken, but its my family's thing. Don't forget about the parsley and turnips. Delicious to make Avgolemono with the second day, if there are left overs. Use the "Boston" recipe found in the review on Epicurious. The best of the best. Mon Mar 26 05:08:00 -0700 2007 2420622 65062 JABDDD 3 2420933 a couple of variations that I learned from my grandmother: dill a bay leaf parsnip (plus the usual whole carrots, peppercorns, celery, whole onion) and lots of chicken. I've found that the backs and necks that you can buy cheaply work the best if you're not in it for the meat. as my grandmother likes to say "what you put in is what you get out". Mon Mar 26 07:00:21 -0700 2007 2420785 77410 oralfixation 3 2437733 I like to brown the chicken thighs/legs first in olive oil...the saute the vegies in the oil/fat...then hit it with the stock and simmer....the browning of the chicken and vegies give it a complexity and depth you usually dont get..then finish with noodles Fri Mar 30 22:14:41 -0700 2007 2420785 79603 nyfoodjoe 2 3515546 What? No parsnips? Two years ago I was very sick and someone in our church from Trinidad made me chicken soup. She had calabassa (squash) and ginger in it. Quite good and quite healing. And She made it from bone-in chicken. Fri Mar 21 15:11:51 -0700 2008 2420622 53369 Father Kitchen 1 2420632 I love an easy, healthy Lentil Soup to get me back to health. No need to soak the beans ahead of time. Just saute a chopped onion, two carrots, and a green bell pepper until soft. Add two boxes of chicken stock and two cans of diced tomatoes, a bay leaf, a tsp. of dried thyme, salt and pepper, and a 3/4 cup of green lentils. Cook for about an hour and you're all set. Sun Mar 25 23:32:23 -0700 2007 2420474 82209 VirgoBlue 2 2420778 Oxtail soup, chicken soup and lentil soup yumm! Bubbymycin (my name for chicken soup) usually hits the spot. Also I like hot and sour soup when I feel under the weather. I usually buy it. Anyone with a great recipe for hot and sour soup? Mon Mar 26 04:56:54 -0700 2007 2420632 55542 drmimi 3 2437701 "Bubbymycin." Oh. My. God. That is too cute! I hope your Bubby gets/got appreciate your homage. Fri Mar 30 21:55:53 -0700 2007 2420778 42513 Mawrter 1 2420779 Even John Mariani in his food encyclopaedia labels chicken soup as 'Jewish penicillin.' Mon Mar 26 05:00:43 -0700 2007 2420474 11977 ChiliDude 2 2420784 Funny 'cause my Bubbies were Black women from rural Mississippi and Low County region of Georgia/South Carolina:) Mon Mar 26 05:06:15 -0700 2007 2420779 55542 drmimi 3 2437925 I guess that chicken soup is universal. Ain't it grand? Sat Mar 31 04:59:27 -0700 2007 2420784 11977 ChiliDude 1 2420919 This is a very timely question for me, I have a cold and last night I made Tortilla Soup to try to clear up my sinuses. It was really delicious, but spicy so wouldn't work well for stomach upsets! I loosely followed a recipe from allrecipes.com. Poach two chicken breasts in 8 cups chicken stock and two sliced cloves of garlic until cooked through. Remove to a cutting board to cool, keeping the chicken stock warm. When the chicken is cooled, shred it into small pieces with a fork. Blend a can of chopped tomatoes and their juice with three cloves of garlic and a small onion until smooth. Add to the chicken stock, and cook for ten minutes. Add cumin, chili powder and coriander to taste (my recipe called for 1 teaspoon each but I didn't measure). It also called for oregano but I left that out. I added black beans and corn, but the recipe called for carrots and celery. I think you can experiment in this area. Near the end of cooking, add a can of jalapeno peppers and the chicken. Serve over crushed tortilla chips (I know, not authentic but I didn't want to fry up my own) and sprinkle some Monterey Jack cheese. Mon Mar 26 06:49:36 -0700 2007 2420474 22036 Keramel 1 2421027 Chicken & oyster & andouille gumbo...cajun penicillin? Chop four cloves of garlic, three onions, two ribs of celery, and one green pepper. Slice a pound of andouille. Brown bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs in a little bacon grease, remove from pot. Make a roux w/bacon grease, chicken drippings & flour. Put garlic, veggies in roux & cook until wilted. Add chicken & sliced andouille, water to cover, salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, juice of a lemon, a big bunch of fresh thyme tied together with string, three fresh bay leaves, two good glugs of worcestershire sauce, and simmer for 30 minutes, until the chicken is falling off the bone. Remove chicken, continue to simmer broth for about 15 minutes more while you debone chicken & tear it into spoon-sized pieces. Return chicken to the pot along with a bunch of finely chopped parsley, bunch of chopped green onions, and a pint of oysters (with their liquid). Simmer gently for 20 minutes more. Now I'm hungry...thank goodness I have a quart stashed in the freezer to satisfy immediate cravings. Mon Mar 26 07:35:21 -0700 2007 2420474 12023 Hungry Celeste 2 2437848 AAAaaaah, you got it. I usually put in shrimp and okra, too. Sat Mar 31 00:15:07 -0700 2007 2421027 70519 captainshen 1 2421065 Since I usually have to make it myself, it needs to be really easy. So I usually make a tomato soup, full of garlic and vitamin C. Saute some diced onions in olive oil until soft, add 3 cloves of garlic minced and cook for another 2 minutes, add a can of whole tomatoes, dried oregano and basil a bay leaf, salt and pepper and chicken stock and simmer for 20 minutes. If I have the energy to make chicken stock - then I will use homemade chicken stock and add fresh spinach, lemon zest and some noodles or tortellini. http://dailyunadventures.com Mon Mar 26 07:46:17 -0700 2007 2420474 76054 daily_unadventures 1 2421700 Well for me and my family, it's miso soup. Mon Mar 26 10:26:51 -0700 2007 2420474 13924 mrsmegawatt 1 2435985 Egg drop soup. Chicken broth with a cracked egg scrambled into it. So easy even I can do it. :-) Fri Mar 30 11:42:01 -0700 2007 2420474 12858 Covert Ops 1 2437268 some excellent posts and recipes folks! i have to mention gai jook, a simple rice porridge flavored with chicken. i like to make it with leftover roast chicken. use the carcass and some ginger and some green onions to make some chicken stock, strain, and add the rice (uncooked or cooked), simmer till the consistency is a thin porridge, throw in the leftover shredded chicken. good as is or you can garnish with whatever: shredded lettuce, sichuan pickled vegetables, 1000-year old egg, etc. Fri Mar 30 18:10:09 -0700 2007 2420474 49542 PakaloloDreams 2 2437711 I'm into the chicken soup. I like to remove the meat when it is just cooked through, and let the carcass and other inedibles simmer a long time. I currently have backs and necks in the crockpot (just for broth, not soup), where they'll stay overnight. When I re-heat it for just myself, I add hot pepper, extra garlic, ginger and, if I have any handy, spinach. The last two days I've had miso for lunch and chicken soup for dinner. This virus has gotta go! Fri Mar 30 22:01:05 -0700 2007 2437268 42513 Mawrter 1 2437740 Miso shiru with chicken or fish, tofu, green onions, lime juice, garlic and ginger. Fri Mar 30 22:22:25 -0700 2007 2420474 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 2438668 Did I mention that I actually *am* sick right now? It's the perfect opportunity for you all to practice your curative soups on me! :) I just made a bunch of chicken soup and broth (Bell & Evans from WF), bought a bunch more chicken form my favorite poultry farmer at the once-a-month winter farmer's market, and also bought her new chicken pot pie. It looks very Amish, more like a chicken stew or very thick broth (no actual pie crust). I'll be excited to try it. I also have been mainlining the instant miso soup (I'm not generally an instant food person, but I've been too sick to do much cooking this week. Also, I have not the faintest clue how to make my own miso soup!) I've had Kikkoman regular and with spinach from a local Japanese grocery. I'm sure it's not great if you're used to homemade, but I've been enjoying it. Sat Mar 31 12:52:36 -0700 2007 2420474 42513 Mawrter 2 2438799 Just get miso paste, mix with a bit of lime juice, add into the other ingredients as they become done: basically Japanese chicken soup if you use chicken. Sat Mar 31 14:00:09 -0700 2007 2438668 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 2442415 If you are too sick to cook, nothing (to me) is better than a takeout bowl of pho ga. Lots of lime juice, some fresh jalapenos, beaucoup fresh herbs....works better than Tamiflu. Mon Apr 02 08:02:42 -0700 2007 2438668 12023 Hungry Celeste 1 2438877 I can`t go the chicken soup remedy. I got burned out on chicken when I was a kid and I know there is 40 million recipes for chicken but no matter how you fix it it still tastes like chicken to me. I would go with a big bowl of albondigas soup pipeing hot. or a largde bowl of menudo, the breakfast of champions. Sat Mar 31 14:35:13 -0700 2007 2420474 50491 bigjimbray 1 2442430 PA Dutch Chicken Pot Pie. There's something about the smell of chicken soup alone that makes you feel better. Delicious, nutritious and the steam clears out the sinuses. Mon Apr 02 08:07:57 -0700 2007 2420474 17481 QueenB 2 2442646 We just had that last night. It rocked. I'm wondering how many iterations of the chicken soup theme I can feed these guys before they outright rebel. Begone, germs! Mon Apr 02 09:16:09 -0700 2007 2442430 42513 Mawrter 3 2442746 I made a pot of it on Saturday. The best thing about it is, it's even better a couple of days later. Though, it seems most soups are that way! Mon Apr 02 09:37:30 -0700 2007 2442646 17481 QueenB 3 3515231 I always crave Tom Kha Gai from the nearest thai restaurant I can find, made as spicy as they can do it. Great cure for anything. Fri Mar 21 13:35:28 -0700 2008 2442646 131622 furrybluecyclops 1 3516047 While many people use chicken soup as a curative, in many eastern food therapies it is used as a preventive measure. Since I am in a Korean/American mixed household I get the benefit of both uses (Eat it anytime I feel like it) Try the Korean Samgyetang using either chicken or cornish game hens. http://www.chow.com/recipes/11318 Fri Mar 21 18:38:59 -0700 2008 2420474 93805 hannaone