Food from the garden..is it food from the gods?

 

Bok Choy Chicken Soup

 

Leaf lettuce, green onions, and Bok Choy.

 

What more can you ask?

 

I love it when I can go out and whisk something good out of the garden

and make something satisfying and delicious with no fuss, no muss,

and simply using ingredients from the pantry.

 

I discovered this soup online last year...sorry...I don't remember where I found it.

 

The basic recipe is:

 

3 cups chicken broth

10 leaves Bok Choy, thinly sliced

2 tsp. soy sauce

2 tsp. Asian sesame oil

1 tsp red pepper flakes

1 garlic glove.

 

Simply bring chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan, add seasoning as above or to taste

and follow up with bok choy.  Simmer for 10 minutes or until bok choy is tender.

I usually use a little less sesame oil, and a little more garlic.

Variations I have tried and like include adding one or more of the following:

1 fresh carrot...peeled and cut into matchsticks

3 or 4 fresh mushrooms...sliced.

fresh chopped fresh or frozen sweet red, green, or yellow pepper

fresh sweep peas

fresh snap peas.

 

This is great as an appetizer, or as a light soup to go with a sandwich or chef salad for lunch or supper.

 

Mmmm good garden goodness.