{"id":2497,"date":"2010-12-20T11:29:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T17:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2020-12-06T22:09:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T04:09:01","slug":"fried-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2010\/12\/fried-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Fried Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small>Copyright 2010 Ben S. Pollock<\/small><\/p>\n<p><em>This recipe was <a title=\"Fried Soup Veganized\" href=\"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2013\/10\/25\/fried-soup-veganized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revised in October 2013<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fried soup&#8221; was what I announced when I brought these to the table, what otherwise are called veggie croquettes, pancakes or burgers. When I try to make veggie burgers they fall apart. These held together and are as good or better than grocery store veggie burgers. The name stems from being a way to use the last portions of leftover soup. Vegetarian soups, with grains and beans, thicken on refrigerating. The first couple of lunches of microwaved &#8220;stew&#8221; might be enough. Finish the rest of the pot this way.<\/p>\n<p>The grain can be a leftover such cooked brown rice or barley. Raw quinoa or hulled buckwheat groats can be ground to a powder in a coffee grinder. Flours are convenient.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2-5 cups leftover vegetarian stew or thick soup<\/li>\n<li>1 egg or 1\/4 cup egg substitute<\/li>\n<li>Grain &#8212; whole grain flour (wheat, buckwheat, rye etc.), OR cooked grain (such as rice), OR breadcrumbs, panko or matzo meal, OR ground raw quinoa or buckwheat groats<\/li>\n<li>Salt, pepper, other spices or herbs<\/li>\n<li>Vegetable oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stir in the egg with the leftover soup or stew, as a binder.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of grain, to absorb broth, depends on the original soup. Too little, and you&#8217;ll be frying gray-brown pancakes. Too much, and the croquettes will be dry. The solution is to stir in 1 to 2 Tablespoons starch at a time. Allow a few moments for the liquid to absorb, then add a bit more &#8212; 1\/4 to 1\/2 cup of grains\/flours should be plenty. The consistency should be like thick, lumpy pancake batter.<\/p>\n<p>If the soup was mild to begin with, add some salt and spices to taste.<\/p>\n<p>Mash or puree the mixture somewhat to help hold the patty together. Do <em>not<\/em> puree into sludge, but leave some beans and vegetable pieces intact.<\/p>\n<p>Heat a large saute pan on medium. Add 1-2 Tablespoons oil to a nonstick pan and 2-4 Tablespoons to a regular pan. Spoon a plum-size amount of mixture onto the skillet, and flatten to a half-inch thick. Making a single patty first seasons the pan. Cook on one side about 3-5 minutes, flip and cook the other side 2-4 minutes. (With a regular pan in good shape, the patty won&#8217;t release until it&#8217;s well browned.) Continue cooking the rest of the mixture in plum-size scoops, perhaps 4 or 5 at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Place the patties on an unoiled cookie sheet or pizza pan and keep warm in a low (200 degree) oven. Serve with burger condiments. Four cups of thick (stew-like) soup make 10-12 patties. (3\/28\/2011 update: Two cups of medium-thick soup, by the time enough flour is added to make a thick batter, also makes about 10 patties. As these make great leftovers, no worries.)<\/p>\n<p><small>Inspired by the section &#8220;Bean Fritters, Dumplings, Croquettes and Cakes&#8221; in <em>How to Cook Everything Vegetarian<\/em> by <a title=\"Mark's home page. More at nytimes.com\" href=\"http:\/\/markbittman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Bittman<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copyright 2010 Ben S. Pollock This recipe was revised in October 2013. &#8220;Fried soup&#8221; was what I announced when I brought these to the table, what otherwise are called veggie croquettes, pancakes or burgers. When I try to make veggie burgers they fall apart. These held together and are as good or better than grocery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrees"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4591,"url":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2013\/10\/fried-soup-veganized\/","url_meta":{"origin":2497,"position":0},"title":"Fried Soup &#8211; Veganized","author":"Ben S. 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