Rainy Day Soup And Curry Chicken Recipe (Last Edit: Feb 22 2004 02:20:29)

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This dinner prepares in ~60 minutes, using a deep pot, a frying pan, a chopping board, and a blender. It provides a zesty range of international spices, in a "comfort food" format ideal for dreary afternoons.

Start soaking in 2 cups hot water

• 1 loose cup dried wild mushrooms

Saute in a deep pot for 5 minutes

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 bunch chopped green onions
• 6 sliced potatoes
• 3 whole chicken thighs
• 1 tbsp Trader Joe's Spices of the World 21 Seasoning Salute (or at least something with bay leaves)

Add & simmer for 45 minutes

• 1 quart water
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth soup (the real thing - not the MSG delivery system)

Steam

• 1 to 2 cups jasmine rice

Remove the chicken from the soup, put it in a frying pan, and chop it into little bits. Put half of them back into the soup.

Chop up some of the mushrooms; leave some whole. Don't lose their black juice. Add the mushrooms, with their water, to the soup.

Blend potatoes from the soup, some chicken bits, some mushroom bits, and

• 1 cup plain yogurt

Add the creamed yogurt to the soup, and turn the heat down to low.

Coat and simmer the remaining chicken in the frying pan with

• 1 cup Trader Joes Green Curry Simmer Sauce (or an equivalent marsala gravy)

Serve the soup in bowls and the curry chicken on beds of Jasmine rice.

Makes 5 servings