Generally speaking, B can only eat rice if I mix it with lots of soup. My problem is coming up with soupy dish every single day is not that easy since the choices of soup that I can rotate are limited. Unlike B, Naomi is always okay with any dish or soup that I cook. She also loves soupy food and can easily gobble a bowl of rice + soup that I make under 10 minutes (on the other hand, B probably eats like only 2 tea spoons of rice in 10 minutes!)
Anyway, here is a recipe of easy vegetable chicken soup that I grew up with and often make for my children. It's so easy to make, has lots of veggies and not oily. I normally add sausage slices to the soup but yesterday I used pork luncheon meat for a good change.
Easy toddler menu. Non-halal.
Indonesian Chicken Soup with Pork Luncheon Meat
Ingredients:
1/2 Chicken
1.5 liter Water
1/2 tin of Pork luncheon meat, cut into small cubes
1 Carrot, slice thinly
1 Potato, cut into cubes
1/2 Small cabbage, cut large
Scallion, cut small
Sugar
Salt
Pepper
Thin soy sauce
Methods:
- Boil water in a large-medium pot. Put in chicken, carrots and potato. Boil for about 10-15 minutes until the chicken changes color and the root vegetables are half cooked.
- Put in the cabbage. Simmer until the cabbage cuts are slightly cooked. Seasoned with sugar, salt, pepper and a dash of soy sauce.
- Add the pork luncheon meat cubes and scallion. Gently mix everything with a ladle and let the soup cook for a bit longer. Taste the soup to see if it needs more seasoning, then turn the heat off.
Bahasa Indonesia version:
Sop Ayam dengan Ham Babi (Maling)
Bahan:
1.5 lt Air
1/2 kaleng Pork luncheon meat, potong dadu (atau boleh diganti sosis ayam/sapi)
1 buah Wortel, iris tipis
1 buah Kentang, potong kotak
1/2 Kubis kecil, potong-potong
Daun bawang, potong kecil, optional
Gula
Garam
Merica
Kecap asin
Cara memasak:
- Didihkan air di panci agak besar. Masukkan ayam, wortel dan kentang. Rebus (kira-kira 10-15 menit) sampai ayam berubah warna, wortel dan kentang setengah matang.
- Masukkan kubis. Tambahkan gula, garam, merica, sedikit kecap asin. Masak sampai kubis agak matang.
- Masukkan potongan ham babi dan potongan daun bawang. Aduk dan masak sebentar. Koreksi rasa. Matikan api.