Category Archives: Soup

Roasted Spaghetti and Butternut Squash Soup

November 10, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I start by rendering some bacon then I sliced a bunch of white onions then caramelize them for 4-5 hours in the bacon fat. At the same time I cut up the two squash then roast them. Then I toast some pumpkin seeds with cardamom, _ _ _ _ _ bean, and sea salt. Then I make a muscat vinaigrette, julienne an apple, _ _ _ _ _ bean, toss in a brunoise of celery and carrot which […]

Categories: Soup • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Muscat, recipe, Soup, Squash, Squash Soup

Then and Now: Carrot Soup

October 9, 2010 by ericriveracooks

About a year ago I made a carrot soup on this site which is kind of amusing because I work up this morning and starting making a carrot soup then I went to post this picture above and I realized there was another post on here about carrot soup……This is the first time I’ve done that on this site. What the hell was I thinking about a year ago? It looks awful! Original Soup (click) Garnish is sinking, cream should […]

Categories: Produce, Soup • Tags: Blog, Carrot, Carrot soup, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe

Three Little Pigs Black Bean Stew

October 6, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Mindy asked me to make her a hearty stew. She said, “a thick winter-like stew with lots of meat”. Since she’s my best customer I had to think of something special. I thought, “I’ll cook up my three little pigs”. From the top left moving to the right. Chorizo (Spain), Linguica (Portugal), and Bacon (Washington). The stew itself consisted of black beans, garlic, toasted cumin, tomatoes (MRF), thyme (MRF), Oregano (MRF), Bay Leaves (MRF), Chives (MRF), Veal stock, […]

Categories: Pork, Soup • Tags: bacon, Chorizo, Cooking Blog, Food, Lnguica, recipe, Stew

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2AM Meals…..

August 2, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I’ve been working a lot lately and doing the whole school thing as well. 5 days at work….Thursday-Monday…then school is Tuesday-Wednesday. Where can I fit in this blog thing? Don’t worry Mr. Blog, you’re taken care of. I get off of work at around midnight. I race home and I’m still amped up and I want to improve my techniques that I learned at work or just reflect or answer questions I have in my own head so then I […]

Categories: Pork, Seafood, Soup • Tags: Blueacre, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Minestrone, shrimp

Black Bean and Rice Soup

June 20, 2010 by ericriveracooks

This is a monster dish. It will never see the light of day in a restaurant but it’s one of my go-to at-home dishes. Ingredients: Sofrito sauce, sofrito relish, chicken stock, mangalitsa jowl bacon fat, black beans, rice, cumin, saffron, tomatoes, fresh bay leaves, mangalitsa lardons, shrimp, cilantro, culantro, adobo, black pepper. Eric

Categories: Seafood, Soup • Tags: Beans, Blog, Cooking Blog, eric rivera, Food, recipe, Rice, Soup

Veal Stock Soba Noodle Soup

May 18, 2010 by ericriveracooks

It’s nasty outside….have some soup! Sauté some onions, zucchini, then add veal stock and cooked soba noodles. Add those pickled sweet chili pepper flakes (this is the key!), small amount of rice vinegar, soy sauce reduction (so many secrets), and fresh ginger. Let it work a bit then add some of that roasted turkey, egg, green onions, and leek strips. Confuse the hell out of everyone when they want to know what it’s called. Welcome to my world Soooooooooooooooooooo […]

Categories: Soup, Starches, Turkey • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Noodles, recipe, Soba, Soup

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Miso Ginger Soup

April 18, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Ginger with a little red miso…..and a few friends. Chicken stock then add a bunch of chopped up ginger, red miso, toasted szechuan peppers, toasted coriander, roasted tomato powder, pickled white onion, minced garlic, kasu paste, and then simmer…….then strain. Work in some sriracha, salt, and garnish with some chopped up cilantro. A work in progress….tastes great, let’s make it look good next time! Eric

Categories: Soup, Uncategorized • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Ginger, Miso, recipe, Soup

Hamachi in a Roasted Tomato Saffron Broth

April 2, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Give me scraps, I brainstorm, I cook. A small piece of hamachi was given to me that included bones so I took the meat then made a broth from the bones and unusable meat…court bouillon style. I roasted some tomatoes on the vine for 6 hours then pureed them then strained. Mixed a bit of the broth together with the strained puree then seasoned it with sel de mer and saffron. I cured the hamachi for 24 hours with salt. […]

Categories: Seafood, Soup, Vegetable • Tags: Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, Hamachi, recipe, Roasted Tomato, saffron, Seafood

Double Beef Stock Soup with Thin Sliced Beef, Asparagus, Carrot, Leeks, and Mushrooms

March 1, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I took a double beef stock I had on hand then built this soup around it. It’s nothing crazy but it’s just a nice warming soup. I started off by thawing out the double stock then seasoning it with salt, black pepper, leeks, lemon thyme, and rosemary. Once the proper taste was achieved I added the asparagus, carrots, and let them get tender then I added the mushrooms finally and adjusted the seasonings again. Eric

Categories: Soup • Tags: Asparagus, Beef Stock, carrots, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Leeks, recipe, Soup

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Roasted, Sous Vide, and Pureed Corn Soup

February 22, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I love clean soups. I love clear soups even more but I decided to bring a few experiments together in order extract the most amount of corn flavor into a soup. What this ends up being at the end could be called a creamed corn soup but I think it’s a bit more than that. I saw Heston Blumenthal do something similar to cauliflower except for his was a dish where he used a puree, a sauteed piece, and a […]

Categories: Soup • Tags: Chicken, Cooking Blog, Corn, Corn Soup, Food, recipe, Soup, Sous Vide

United Way of King County’s Hunger Action Week: Potato and Leek Chicken Stock Soup

January 28, 2010 by ericriveracooks

(knife cuts are awful when you can’t use your left hand….ahhhhhhhhh) This is the 4th item made from the whole chicken. Granted, it’s really 3 things because the chicken stock became this soup but I like to make it seem like I did a lot more than I actually did….story of my life. After you have made the chicken stock then cube up some potatoes, cut up some leeks (save some to garnish with), add a little thyme, salt, and […]

Categories: Soup, United Way King County • Tags: Cooking Blog, Food, Hunger Action Week, Leek, Potato, Potato Leek Soup, Soup, United Way of King County

Kobe Beef Phở

January 18, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I forgot to salt the broth at the end and it completely threw me off….weird. Once the salt was added everything came alive and was excellent. I’ll post this one tomorrow.

Categories: Beef, Soup • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Food, kobe beef, Phở, recipe, Rice noodle, Sprouts

Seafood Phở

January 6, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Ir’s all about the stock when you make Phở. This is my second go around making this on the site but this time I decided to go with a seafood stock instead of a beef stock. I think with the addition of a few tricks from the Momofuku cookbook and talking to a few different Phở restaurants that this whole Phở thing is going in the right direction for me. Ingredients: The stock 1.75 gallons dungeness crab stock…..made it from […]

Categories: Seafood, Soup • Tags: Broth, Cooking Blog, Momofuku, Noodles, Phở, recipe, Seafood, Seafood Phở, shrimp, Soup, Stock

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French Soup Version 2.0

December 2, 2009 by ericriveracooks

Yeah, I don’t care for the picture either. I’m sick right now and cooking for myself so I don’t really care about the fancy bowls, garnishes or anything else. I ate it out of the pot, that’s right, I ate it out of the pot. Sneeze, cough, nose running, fever, and drool…. I made a French Onion soup in class last quarter but I felt like it was missing something. I don’t know why I felt like it was missing […]

Categories: Soup • Tags: Cooking Blog, Dinner, French Onion Soup, recipe, Soup

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Once, Twice, Chicken Soup with Rice

November 18, 2009 by ericriveracooks

Mindy is still not feeling well so after a few meetings I ran home, melted a gallon of chicken stock I made on Saturday, cooked up some smoked paprika chicken, added some rice, celery, thyme, carrots, parsley, salt, pepper, and voila! Chicken Soup with Rice! Ingredients: I listed them already! Procedure: Mix it all together….it’s soup! Enjoy, Eric

Categories: Chicken, Soup • Tags: Chicken, Chicken Soup with Rice, Cooking Blog, Food Blog, Parsley, Pepper, recipe, Rice, Salt, Soup

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Category Archives: Soup

Roasted Spaghetti and Butternut Squash Soup

Then and Now: Carrot Soup

Three Little Pigs Black Bean Stew

2AM Meals…..

Black Bean and Rice Soup

Veal Stock Soba Noodle Soup

Miso Ginger Soup

Hamachi in a Roasted Tomato Saffron Broth

Double Beef Stock Soup with Thin Sliced Beef, Asparagus, Carrot, Leeks, and Mushrooms

Roasted, Sous Vide, and Pureed Corn Soup

United Way of King County’s Hunger Action Week: Potato and Leek Chicken Stock Soup

Kobe Beef Phở

Seafood Phở

French Soup Version 2.0

Once, Twice, Chicken Soup with Rice

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