Soups on Patio Daddio BBQ

Roasted Vegetable & Toasted Orzo Soup

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:16:00 +0000

Preheat your oven to 350º.

Arrange all of the vegetables, except the carrots, on a large sheet pan.

Season the vegetables liberally with garlic salt.

And, of course we need a good dose of black pepper.

Drizzle a little olive oil over all of the vegetables.

Roast the vegetables on the middle oven rack for an hour.

While the vegetables are roasting, toast the orzo.

Dormet: Spicy Chicken Noodles

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Break the brick of noodles into four pieces and put them in a medium bowl.

Add the stock, soy sauce and red pepper to the bowl.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and poke a small hole in the center. Microwave for three minutes.

Remove the skin from the chicken, pull the meat from the bone and cut into small pieces using a spoon. Discard the skin and bone.

Uncover the bowl, stir the noodles to help break them up, add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine.

Corn Chowder

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:42:00 +0000

Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until it's just starting to crisp (about five minutes). Drain off half of the bacon fat, add the leek and cook two minutes. Add the wine and cook five minutes longer.

Add the remaining ingredients to the pot, bring just to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cover and let simmer 45 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.

Spicy Tomato-Basil Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

Thu, 02 Jan 2014 04:46:00 +0000

Tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich is about as all-American as it gets. I grew up eating and loving this meal, as I suspect many (if not most) of you have. This is my homemade Daddio-style take on this familiar classic.

For this recipe I wanted to keep the tradition firmly in place, but I also wanted to bring a new freshness to the party. This is one of those meals that is so emblazoned in the mind and on the tastebuds that it's really easy to mess up an already nearly-perfect thing. A mere glance at a can of Campbell's tomato soup is all I need to taste it in my mind. I immediately imagine that rich creamy tomato goodness dripping off of the corner of a gooey grilled cheese sandwich. I know that I have raised my kids properly when they are immediately dubious of the notion of “homemade tomato soup”. It's sort of like that popular internet meme of late, “One does not simply… Make tomato soup.”

Cheater French Onion Soup

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:10:00 +0000

Heat a medium sauce pan over medium heat.

Add the oil and let it heat for 30 seconds.

Add the onions, salt and pepper, and mix well.

Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook the onions, stirring frequently, until they become very tender and caramelize (turn light brown – not burnt). This will take approximately 30 minutes.

Whisk the consomme, broth, water and ketchup in a mixing bowl until the ketchup is completely incorporated.

Turkey Udon

Sat, 30 Nov 2013 06:20:00 +0000

Thanksgiving is toast, but now we all have a common dilemma — leftovers. Typically my first leftover meal, aside from the obligatory midnight turkey sandwich, is turkey noodle soup. This year I decided to color way outside the lines and go with a Japanese version.

The first prerequisite for this recipe is a rich homemade stock. Making homemade stock is a great way to use the carcass, and homemade really does make a huge difference. Just say no to the box/can! If you're lazy and impatient like me, just follow <a href=“http://www.patiodaddiobbq.com/2010/12/pressure-cooker-stock.html" title=“Pressure Cooker Stock

New Year Stew

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:52:00 +0000

Put the water, garlic salt, Creole seasoning, pepper, collard greens and ham hocks in a large heavy soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat and bring just to a boil.

Cover, reduce the heat to medium low and cook one hour, stirring occasionally.

Add all of the remaining ingredients, except the blackeyed peas.

Increase the heat to medium-high and bring back to a simmer.

Butternut-Ale Soup

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:59:00 +0000

Preheat your oven to 350º.

Combine the squash, oil, 2 teaspoons of the salt, pepper, ancho and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl. Toss/stir to mix well, then spread in a single layer on a sheet pan. Roast in the oven until the squash is very tender and lightly browned and slightly crispy around the edges, about 1 hour.

Combine the beer, remaining 1 teaspoon salt, ginger, and cumin in a stock pot, bring to a moderate boil over medium-high heat and reduce by 1/2.

Spicy Grilled Chicken Tortilla Soup

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:19:00 +0000

Remove the chicken from the bones (reserve the bones), chop to 1/2", cover and refrigerate.

Combine the water, reserved chicken bones, onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf, and peppercorns in a large stock pot. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer, and cook uncovered for two hours. Strain the stock and set aside.

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the chicken, garlic and hot sauce, and cook two minutes, stirring frequently.