6 common soup Recipes

butter, vegetable oil, mushrooms, thinly sliced (common button or brown italian), carrot, sliced, parsnip, chopped, onion, chopped (3 oz or 85 g), flour, hungarian paprika, water or 4 cups stock, salt (1 tsp if using stock), raw white rice, parsley, chopped, sour cream

oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, common (button ) mushrooms, qts. clear vegetable broth , such as swanson, baby bok choy , stems thinly sliced crosswise and leaves halved lengthwise, fresh ginger, divided, red fresno or jalapeno chiles, seeded and thinly sliced, rice vinegar, sriracha or other chili sauce, toasted sesame oil, green onions, thinly sliced, loosely packed cilantro leaves

fat-skimmed chicken or beef broth, wild rice, dried shiitake mushrooms, butter or margarine, onion (1/2 lb.), peeled and chopped, sliced common mushrooms, minced garlic, dried rosemary, dried thyme, russet potato (1/2 lb.), peeled and chopped, dry sherry, half-and-half (light cream ) or whipping cream, salt and pepper

seasonal fish and vegetables are used in tempura. the ingredients for tempura in the recipe below are only a few of the many, many common ingredients that lend themselves to this treatment. shrimp; squid; small whole fish like perch, smelt, and goby; white-fleshed saltwater fish; eggplant; green beans; onion rings; sweet potato slices; bell pepper strips; mushrooms - the list could go on for several pages. chicken, beef and pork, however, are not usually prepared as tempura because of their relatively heavier, identifiable taste. chicken and pork are deep-fried in other ways, and beef is often given a more highlighted preparation, say, in sukiyaki., http://japanesefood.about.com/od/tempura/a/cookingtempura.htm, basic steps for cooking tempura, prepare the ingredients ., make tempura batter ., heat vegetable oil in a deep pan to 340-350f degree., lightly dip ingredients in the batter and immediately fry them until crisp. it takes longer to fry vegetables than to fry seafood., drain tempura on a rack ., serve right away with tentsuyu (tempura dipping sauce) or salt. tempura is best served hot. *grated daikon radish is a common condiment., tempura batter recipe - japanese recipe, http://japanesefood.about.com/od/tempura/r/tempurabatter.htm, egg, ice water, all purpose flour, preparation, beat an egg in a bowl. add ice water in the bowl. be sure to use very cold water., add sifted flour in the bowl and mix lightly. be careful not to overmix the batter., tempura dipping sauce recipe, tempura dipping sauce is called tentsuyu in japanese. serve this sauce with tempura., dashi soup stock, mirin, soy sauce, sugar, preparation, put mirin in a pan and heat. add soy sauce and dashi soup stock in the pan. bring the sauce to a boil., tips for making crispy tempura, by setsuko yoshizuka, tip 1: ice, use ice water for the batter. this is really important to prevent the batter from absorbing too much oil., tip 2: batter (tempura batter recipe), do not make the batter ahead of time. try not to over mix the batter and not to coat ingredients with the batter too much., if you are frying both seafood and vegetables, fry vegetables first. then, fry seafood. fry vegetables at 340f degree and fry seafood at 350f degree., tip 4: oil temperature, check the temperature of frying oil , drop a little batter into the oil. if the batter comes up right away instead of sinking to the bottom of the pan, it s about 360 f degree. if the batter goes halfway to the bottom and comes up, it s about 340f degree. this is said to be the right temperature to fry tempura.