[CH] Tonights Dinner
RST G (synapse7@home.com)
Sun, 26 Dec 1999 19:32:53 -0500
This was tonights dinner. It is from The Route 66 Cookbook. There are
only 2 things I would change in the original recipe - I would add some
more jalapenos or add some type of really hot chile where they ask for
green chiles and I would cook the rice separately. It got kind of mushy.
Otherwise it was very good.
* Exported from MasterCook *
Middle Path Gumbo (variation)
Recipe By : Middle Path Cafe, Route 66 Cookbook, p. 75
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Chilis & Stews Vegetarian Days
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/3 cup raw brown rice
7 cups water
1 1/2 tsp vegetable bouillon
1/2 cup green pepper -- diced
1/2 cup celery -- chopped
1/2 cup onion -- diced
1 1/2 tbsp butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups fresh tomatoes -- chopped*
1/2 cup green chiles -- chopped**
2 cups tomato sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup corn
2 cups okra (fresh or frozen) -- sliced
In a skillet, stir-fry rice without oil until golden. In a large pot,
combine water and bouillon and bring to a boil. Add rice and simmer. In
skillet, saute green pepper, celery and onion in butter or margarine
until tender-crisp. Add tomatoes and chiles and bring to boil. Add to
rice in soup pot.
Add salt, pepper and tomato sauce; simmer until vegetables are tender.
Add corn and okra and simmer until done. Garnish servings with parsley
if desired.
Risa's note: Variation on garnish, use cilantro.
* I used a can of diced tomatoes.
** I used a 4 oz can of chopped green chiles.
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NOTES : From The Route 66 Cookbook by Marian Clark, Council on Books,
Tulsa., Tulsa, OK 74120. Copyright 1993. ISBN #0-933031-80-7 (cloth) or
ISBN 1-57178-020-3 (paper).
Middle Path Cafe was a vegetarian and health food restaurant at 11th and
Yale Avenue where the Golden Drumstick was from the late 40's to the
60's. It was a victim of the oil recession in the 70's but its food is
well remembered. "The recipe makes a thick soup. Thin it with broth it
you like. Vegetable stock may be substituted for the water and
bouillon."
RisaG