Other skinny soup recipes usually contain way, way too much salt. I don't see how they could really help someone to lose weight. They get the basic ingredients right, but they're made in a way that ends up doing more harm than good. A real fat burning soup has to be a combination food and blood tonic. If it's as salty as seawater, that's not doing the job. This soup recipe will do the job, and it's tasty too. You make a big batch, and freeze it in single serving containers so you can reheat it later.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breast halves, minced or chopped as well as possible
- 10 large tomatoes, preferably the Italian sort that are fleshier and more oval shaped
- 1 head of cabbage, preferably with the greens, chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1/2 kg. green beans (fresh or frozen) cut to 1cm.
- 1 cup chopped celery with the leaves
- a 2 cm. cube celery root, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley or 1/4 cup fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup schmaltz, lard, bacon fat, ghee, or palm kernel oil
- balsamic vinegar to taste
Instructions:
- Put the tomatoes in a small pot, and pour in enough water to cover them.
- Boil them on high heat until the skin starts to split.
- Peel and then smash the tomatoes, or push them through a strainer or food mill.
- If you like, run the skins through a food processor to chop them up finely enough that they're palatable.
- In a large stock pot, sweat the onions and sear the chicken at the same time.
- When the onions are just barely starting to be clear, add the celery and celery root.
- When the celery is starting to be a little clear, add the green beans, and toss for a minute.
- Then add the cabbage, garlic, and parsley. Toss everything until it is all hot.
- Add the tomatoes.
- When the tomato is also hot and sizzling a bit, add enough water to cover everything, plus enough to basically double that volume. It should be about 3-4 liters of water.
- Then add 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar.
- Stir everything around, and then taste it. If it's not salty/sour enough, add a teaspoon of vinegar at a time until it is.
- Cover, and bring to a boil on high heat.
- Once it's boiling well, turn the heat down to low, and let it simmer for a couple of hours.
Serve this soup hot. Have it during those times when you want something warm but not too heavy, or if you need to reduce to fit into a dress or something. It shouldn't be the only thing you eat, but it's a nutritient dense but relatively low calorie lunch or dinner. |
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