Can i make soup in a pan?

findingmyownway

Hi

I would like to make soups to take to work in a flask etc.

But i dont have a blender or a slow cooker or anything like that. Does anyone know any recepies that are good for making in a pan? Or the oven i suppose? Or should i really invest in a cheap blender?

Thanks!

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, try "fridge bottom" soup. Chop a mixture of veg (carrot, onion, swede, pumpkin, leek, garlic, cabbage, etc). Simmer in stock (or water and a cube) with seasoning and herbs until veg is tender.

Voila, chunky veg soup! You can add meat, to (pieces of turkey have gone down well here).

Word from the wise, don't invest in cheap blender. They take a battering and fail after not many uses.

HTH, Penny. x

catznine

Yes you can make soup in a pan! The slow cookers and blenders just make the process a bit easier that's all. I just chop up whatever vegetables I have spare, gently saute them in a little oil and then add some stock or water and a stock cube, or even just water. Salt and pepper to taste, dash or worcestershire sauce if you like and simmer until veg is soft. Add a knob of butter until melted and a drop of milk to make a creamier soup!

Good luck

Catz x

Swan_2

hi findingmyownway,
good news for you soup is usually made in a pan/pot

slow cookers are handy but not essential, a blender is just used if you want a smooth rather than chunky texture, & oven coking would be prohibitively expensive

so take any recipe you can find on here (too numerous to list, a search will find some) or in a recipe book & off you go with confidence

sleepless_saver

I use a (cheap) stick blender in the pan if I'm making a smooth soup. Works a treat and more convenient than hauling out food processor/blender.

gingin_2

Chicken noodle soup is good and filling and no blender required as is minestrone. There are plenty of recipes on google or perhaps on the recipe board for them .

amyandoli

Yes!
Yesterday I did a big cook day with some reduced potatoes and chicken.
The soup bit was: 1 large potato cubed 1cm, half a chicken breast shredded into about 10 pieces, a handful of pearl barley, veg stock cube, mixed herbs, s+p and some leftover frozen cabbage. Just bung it in the pan, boil for 5 minutes and then simmer until everythings cooked through. Add more water so theres enough to fill 2 big bowls, give it a good beating with a wooden spoon if needed to mix it up and break it down then pour. My OH puts a knob of butter in his soup too:rolleyes: .
As well as 2 bowls of soup...The rest of the pot...
*I also made a roux, added mushrooms, half a chicken breast and poured over 2 of the sliced pots, to make a sort of dauphinose (sp?) dish served with veg *A tub of boiled pots *1 chicken breast *a tub of pearl barley in the leftover stock
Lots of possibilities!

squeaky

www.soupsong.com is a really good site for soups. Great recipes and easy to follow instructions plus a whole lot more.

Heth_2

I make all my soup in a pan. Depending on the soup I do sometimes use my hand blender to make it smooth, other times, for example with my chuncky lentil soup, or mushroom broth, then I don't bother blending it. I have a stick blender which is very convenient and they are quite cheap. A blender isn't essential though for soup making.

midlandsfairy

Hi Findingmyownway,

I make a ton of soup every so often and often take it to work.. good for saving money for me I find! I would agree with what everyone else said, pretty much any vegetables you have lying around can be made into soup (I'm a veggie so not sure about meat soups!). At the moment I have got soup with sweet potato in which is really good if you don't want to get a blender as it goes really really soft when cooked so will just break down into the soup.

Like Heath and sleepless saver I have a handheld/stick blender which is fab and I find much easier than transferring to processer. Mine was about £15 2 years ago and hasn't broken yet from overuse!!

Lucy

Uniscots97

do you have a potato masher? Use that to mash down lumps of veg once they're cooked if you don't have a blender. Works a treat!