Food Porn... And I Got Pictures

Writing down my Thai Chicken Soup yesterday made me huuuuuuungry. Fortunately, it's not an expensive soup to make. True to my word, I added more veggies this time around along with ginger zest.

No more talking. Time for food porn.

Chicken in bacon fat with curry, cinnamon, and lime juice

While the sweet potato was in the oven cooking, I got the chicken going. The smell in my kitchen, especially from the cinnamon, was heavenly!

Sweet potato puree with coconut milk, chili sauce, garlic,
onion flakes, curry, and lime juice

A portion of my chopped veggies--
mushrooms and carrots

 The chicken is done cooking and is shredded, sitting on a plate, waiting to be added to the soup. The sweet potato is just out of the oven. Half of it makes its way into my blender, along with its spices and some coconut milk. Pureeing the daylights out of it leads to... you know, I could eat just that and be happy. The two cans of coconut milk and all the other spices are heating up in their big pot now, so it's time to turn my attention to the veggies. I like them crunchy, so I don't have to add these until the end, but it's better to get them chopped up right away. Which reminds me...

Spinach in the soup, cooking down

I should add my spinach! Looks like it's taking over the soup, but spinach cooks down quite a bit.


















After I throw everything into the pot and reduce the heat, I let everything simmer, stirring to prevent the coconut milk from producing a skin, and I get...

Finished product!!
YUMMMMM!!

Ginger root for zest

Leftover ginger root cut up to make... 

Ginger tea! Packs a punch!

Of course, this soup wouldn't be complete if there was no fresh ginger involved, and since ginger root is very inexpensive, I had enough to flavor the soup and cut up the remainder to make some homemade ginger tea.




Just a small pot of water and a dash of honey, cut ginger slices (with as much juice kept in and as much flesh on the ginger exposed to let that juice seep into the water), and a half hour on low heat yields this deliciousness.













Man alive, 
I love food!