Thursday, November 19, 2009

quick and easy meals for 1 or 2



Italian Chicken Soup..

This is sorta like Chinese egg drop soup , but, 'ay it’s Italian,,,ya know wat I mean? With a some salad, some good crusty Italian bread and some wine it makes a good, fast meal. Also, let the leftovers cool, then into Ziplocs and into the freezer for some great outtta the freezer and into the nuker quick and easy meals.


3-4 cups cooked chicken cubed or pulled from a rotisserie chicken
6 cups chicken broth 
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
2 tblsp chopped fresh or 1 Tbsp. dried parsley
2 tblsp chopped fresh or 1 tbsp. dried basil leaves
1 cup lightly packed spinach leaves, cut in thin strips
Salt and freshly ground black pepper


Bring the broth to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. In a bowl, whisk the eggs, cheese, parsley, and basil to blend. Add the chicken to the broth. Cook for 1 minute. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Stir the broth in a circular motion. Gradually drizzle the egg mixture into the moving broth, stirring gently with a fork to form thin strands about 1 minute. Stir in the spinach, then season the soup, to taste, with salt and pepper.
Ladle the soup into bowls and serve.

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