Let's Warm Up with These 4 COMFORTING SOUPS This Winter
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Time Stamp for Videos:
00:00 Hearty Ground Beef Stew
04:42 Ground Beef Taco Soup
08:32 Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
11:53 Creamy Potato Soup
Today's Recipes:
https://catherinesplates.com/hearty-ground-beef-stew/
https://catherinesplates.com/taco-soup/
https://catherinesplates.com/creamy-chicken-noodle-soup/
https://catherinesplates.com/crockpot-creamy-potato-soup/
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Let's make a hearty ground beef stew.
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For all you cold people out there, this
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will warm you up. We're going to start
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in a large Dutch oven. We're going to
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start with one pound of ground beef and
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we're going to brown that up. We're
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going to put our pot on a medium high
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heat. Let's get some vegetables chopped
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up so we can add that to it and start
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softening those down, giving them some
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color.
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We're going to be chopping up some
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celery, about three ribs to the side.
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We're going to peel our carrots and just
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give those a slice. I'm going to be
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doing three rusted potatoes. I'm going
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to do the other two and then we're going
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to start chopping these up. All right,
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we got that. Let's dice up an onion.
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Make big thick slices cuz these will
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render down, but we still want to see
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them in the soup. There we go. Let's go
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back to our ground beef. Our ground beef
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is all browned up. Now, at this time,
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you want to take out any extra fat that
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you have in there. We're going to start
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adding our onions
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with the potatoes,
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carrots,
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with the celery.
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Let's mix this all up. We're going to
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sauté these vegetables down for 3
1:24
minutes. I'm going to add in two
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tablespoon of butter.
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Oo, that just looks so hearty in there.
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We're going to get some pieces of garlic
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out of our bulb here.
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Want about three or four cloves. Depends
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on the size of them. We'll get three of
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them ready. Just take the flat edge of
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your knife, place it on the garlic,
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whack it all the way as flat as you can
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get it.
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I'm just going to run my knife through
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the garlic. Get a nice mint going and
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we'll add that to our vegetables at the
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last minute.
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Yum.
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We're going to cook this down for one
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more minute. That'll help release the
2:06
fragrance of the garlic. We are going to
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add in one can of Rotel tomatoes. This
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is diced tomatoes with green chilies. Or
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you can just add a regular can of diced
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tomatoes in. Make sure you add that
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juice. Woo. This will warm us up.
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And then we're going to add in one
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tablespoon of tomato paste. Start
2:28
scraping any of those bits down there.
2:30
All right, we've got our tomato paste.
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I'll put that in. Few drizzles of
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whooesure.
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Get some flavor going.
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Crack in some black pepper. We're going
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to add in 3 tablespoon of allpurpose
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flour. This will help thicken the stew.
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Now, we're going to add salt towards the
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end and we can see if we need to adjust
2:56
any flavorings.
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Let's cook this down for one more minute
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just to get that flour taste, the
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rawness out of that flour. Now, we're
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going to add our broth. Four cups of
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beef broth. Now, you can hang on to some
3:11
extra broth in case you want it thinner
3:15
at the end. And give that a stir.
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Okay, I'm going to raise my heat to a
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high. Bring that to a boil. Okay, while
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that's coming to a boil, grab you a
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spoon. Taste that broth.
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Oh, if you feel that all the way down to
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your toes, you got some flavor going on
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in there. I might add just a tad bit of
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salt cuz we had a lot of vegetables in
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there and we haven't salted anything
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yet.
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I always say season like you love your
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family. Okay, once we get to a boil,
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we're going to place a lid on.
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Now, I'm just going to place my lid with
4:01
an edging right here to let the steam
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out because we want this to be a thick
4:05
stew. I'm going to lower the heat down
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to a medium medium high.
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We're going to simmer this for about 30
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minutes. We're going to check on it
4:14
every now and then. Just kind of give it
4:16
a stir. Make sure nothing's sticking to
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the bottom. Smells so delicious. Let's
4:22
take a look. Oh, that looks like such a
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delicious stew. Let me bring you up
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here. Let's check this out. That's what
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a stew looks like. Thick and hearty.
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Who's ready for a nice warm ground beef
4:37
stew?
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Oh, it just looks so hearty.
4:42
Hello everyone. Welcome back. back. I'm
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Katherine with Catherine's Plates.
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Welcome to my home kitchen where we're
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going to make taco soup today. Now, this
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recipe comes out of my first cookbook,
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Making Home Cooking Simple, Easy, and
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Delicious. I'm doubling it up today.
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We're going to put in 2 lbs of ground
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beef into a large Dutch oven. Start
5:07
breaking this up and browning it up.
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We'll add a diced onion into it.
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Now, we'll soften down the onion as the
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ground beef is browning up. Okay, before
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we start flavoring up the ground beef,
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we're going to go ahead and drain out
5:23
any excess grease. So, I'm just going to
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use my old handy dandy trick here. Just
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take some paper towels, place it down in
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the bottom of it after you've shoved
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everything off to the side, and then
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just push into the meat. We're going to
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start seasoning that up with our taco
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seasoning. Now, you can use your
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homemade taco seasoning blend. Three
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tablespoons for each pound of ground
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beef. So, I'm going to go in with six.
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Now, if you don't have the homemade
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blend, you can use two packages from
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your store. That'll equal the six
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tablespoons.
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One, two, three, four, five,
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and six.
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We're going to stir that in.
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All right, we're going to add in one can
6:12
of Rotel tomatoes. Now, Rotel tomatoes
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are diced tomatoes with green chilies.
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This is 10 oz. See those green chilies
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in there? Yeah. Or you can add diced
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tomatoes in there. But we're going to
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put in another can of diced tomatoes
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without the green chilies. This is 14
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oz. This is kind of a dumpand go soup.
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I'm going to add in one 15oz can of
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whole kernel corn.
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Now, you do want to drain this
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ranch seasoning. Now, I'm going to put
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in six tablespoons of a homemade blend
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here, or you can use a package from your
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store and use two of them. This is my
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homemade blend. You can find this also
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on my recipe blog,
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catherine'splates.com.
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Two,
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three,
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four,
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five, and six.
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Here we go.
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Blend this all together. Now, we're
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going to add in the broth.
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I'm using the Better Than Bullion. And
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you make it per the directions back
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here. One teaspoon for every one cup of
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hot water.
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So, I've got four cups right here. And
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then I'll make another four cups.
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Yeah. All right. We got this on a high
7:46
heat. We want to bring this to a boil.
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There we go.
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Stir this all together.
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Let it simmer for about 20 minutes for
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all the flavors to pull together. Okay,
8:01
the soup is done. Oh, it looks so good.
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We're going to put some cheese on top.
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Definitely some tortilla chips. These
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are strips.
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You can find them in the salad section
8:16
where they have croutons and bacon bits.
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They have these right there. And then
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I'm going to top it with a little bit of
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parsley or cilantro, whatever you want.
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Here's my bowl.
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I am going to show you how to make
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creamy chicken noodle soup. We're still
8:37
cold here in Southeast Texas. Let me
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know if you're still cold where you're
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at. Let me go get a knife. Let's start
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chopping these vegetables up. First,
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I've got three ribs of celery, three
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carrots, and one medium yellow onion.
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Now, I've already washed off my celery
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and trimmed off the ends. Now, I'm just
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slicing these very thin so they cook
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fast. We are going to peel three
9:01
carrots. All right, let's start chopping
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these up. Going to cut the carrots in
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half, cut them down lengthwise,
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and give those a slice.
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Y'all know I love my onion chopped.
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Should have got out my chopper for that.
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[laughter]
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We're going to be using a large pot or
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your Dutch oven. What we're going to do
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is place this on a medium high heat.
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We're going to add 2 tablespoon of
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butter. We're going to allow that to
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melt and become a nice sizzle. Let's
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start adding our vegetables.
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We're going to sauté this down for four
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minutes to soften down the vegetables,
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give it a little color. While that's
9:45
happening, we go ahead and start mincing
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up three cloves of garlic. [laughter]
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That looks really good. Okay, the four
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minutes are up. We're going to go ahead
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now and add our minced garlic.
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There we go. We're going to mix this up
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and stir for 1 minute. Going to add in
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1/4 cup of allpurpose flour. Just shake
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it in.
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And then we're going to add in half a
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teaspoon of poultry seasoning, 1/4
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teaspoon of black pepper, and half a
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teaspoon of salt. We're going to stir to
10:19
combine and keep this mixing for 1
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minute. And we want to cook the rawness
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out of the flour. We're going to add in
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eight cups of chicken broth. Bring this
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to a boil. Now, while this is coming to
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a boil, let's talk about the chicken.
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You want cooked chicken for this recipe.
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And now, I'm using a rotisserie chicken,
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and we just pulled the white meat off of
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it. And we're going to want about two to
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three cups at least, bite size. That
10:47
looks good there. It's almost coming to
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a boil. I'm going to go ahead and taste
10:51
this for seasonings before we add
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everything else.
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M. We got a boil going. Let's go ahead
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and add the cooked chicken.
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We're going to add one cup of milk. That
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will help with the creaminess.
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All right, let's talk about our noodles.
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This is an egg noodle dish.
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This is 8 oz. We're going to add that.
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Now, the egg noodles don't take long to
11:21
cook at all. Oo, doesn't that look good?
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Look at the colors in there. We're going
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to bring this back to a boil. We have a
11:27
boil happening. We're going to place a
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lid on. We're going to leave it a jar
11:32
somewhat. We're going to cook this for
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10 minutes. We're going to check it out
11:36
and see if our noodles are done. I'll be
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back. I took the the lid off at 10
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minutes. I tried a noodle. It is very
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tender. Look at how creamy this looks.
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Oh my goodness. Who's ready for this?
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Doesn't that look delicious?
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And today I'm going to show you how to
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make this delicious creamy potato soup.
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Very easy in your crock pot. I'm going
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to be using some Yukon Gold potatoes.
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These are about a hand size.
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And I've got about two 2 and 1/2 lbs.
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I've already washed and dried these. You
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can also use rusted potatoes if you want
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to do that. You just need two 2 and 12
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lbs. We're going to be cutting these
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into bite-sized pieces. Add this to your
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crock pot.
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I've got a large yellow onion. We're
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going to dice that up. We're going to
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sauté up the onions. Medium high heat.
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We're going to add two tablespoon of
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butter. Bring that to a sizzle.
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Add your onions.
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Oh, sizzle. Yum.
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We're going to sauté this down for about
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3 to 5 minutes till they soften down and
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have a nice light brown color to them.
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That's your flavor. Let's go ahead and
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add a little bit of salt and pepper.
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Flavor all your layers. Salt and pepper.
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We're going to bring our crock pot of
13:04
potatoes over. The onions are soft,
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nicely browned. What we're going to do
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is add two teaspoon of minced garlic.
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Stir that in for about 30 seconds.
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It's all about the flavor in this soup.
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All right, we're going to turn off the
13:19
heat. Let's go ahead and add these to
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our potatoes. We're going to start
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incorporating our liquid. I'm using 4
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cups of vegetable broth. It's 32 oz. The
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vegetable broth adds a delicious flavor.
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You can use chicken broth.
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I'm definitely going to crank in some
13:39
black pepper. About 1/4 teaspoon. Got a
13:42
lot of potatoes going on in there. So,
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I'm going to add about a/ quart teaspoon
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of salt. We'll judge that later.
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Stir this together. Now, all the
13:50
goodness, all the creaminess is going to
13:53
come up soon as the potatoes are done in
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our crock pot. Make sure they're all
13:56
submerged. Place your lid on. We're
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going to cook this on high for 3 to four
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hours until the potatoes are nice and
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tender. You can even cook this on low
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for 6 to 8 hours. 1 hour before the
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potatoes are done,
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we are going to add 8 oz of cream cheese
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to the top of the potatoes. Okay, I cut
14:17
this into pieces. That way, it'll melt
14:20
faster in the crock pot.
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We're going to place the lid back on.
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Cook that for another hour or until the
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potatoes are nice and tender. I'm going
14:36
to take a potato masher or you can even
14:38
take an emulsion blender and blend this
14:40
together. I'm going to use a potato
14:42
masher. That way, I'm not breaking up
14:45
the potatoes too much. Just until you
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get to the consistency that you want for
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your soup. Mashing up the potatoes will
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make it even creamier in your soup.
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Let's bowl this up and let me show you
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what we're going to eat this with. And
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I'm going to bring over the goodies.
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Yeah, right there. and some sour cream
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for more creaminess. And there's one
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more thing you need. Don't forget your
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spoon.
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