Fucking Awesome Fish Soup

[clevermanka]

This makes a wonderful breakfast.

Fucking Awesome Fish Soup
4 fillets firm white fish (tilapia, swai, etc.), chopped into 1/2" pieces
1-2 c beef or chicken broth (depending on how thick you like your soup)
2 c broccoli stem puree*
2 large leeks, quartered and sliced 1/4" thin
coconut oil
1 T unflavored beef gelatin
1/2 c room-temperature water
2 t dried dill weed
1 T dried chives
2 T coconut aminos
1/2 c coconut milk
Salt to taste

Combine gelatin and water in cup. Stir to combine.

In a large pot, cook the leeks in coconut oil until golden. Add fish, broth, and broccoli puree. Stir to combine. Add spices, coconut aminos, and gelatin mixture. Cook until fish is opaque and cooked through. Remove from heat. Pour in coconut milk and stir to combine. Add salt if desired.

* When I cut up broccoli for the week, I chop up the stems, cook them until soft, then puree them until smooth. This makes a great soup thickener. You can do the same with cauliflower stems or too-many carrots. If you don't have at least two cups of stems, just throw them in a storage container until you do. They'll keep about a week, week and a half in the fridge, or you can freeze them. Waste not!

This brand of unflavored beef gelatin is from pastured, grass-fed cows.

Comments

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

Yum.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Enjoy! Note that I added a missed step just now, so if you saved this or something, replace it with the current one.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Thanks for mentioning the soup-thickening idea! Trying to gather some non-gluten options for that sort of thing (which is different, in my mind, than gluten-free, if that makes sense).

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I just added the left-out beef gelatin, which is a GREAT soup-thickener, too.

I'm a recent convert to unflavored beef gelatin, and I'm now using it in a whole bunch of stuff.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

If you're okay with legumes, I've found refried beans to be a tasty quick thickener. I stay away from them most of the time, but I cheat with them when I don't have anything else on hand.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Almond butter works as a great thickener for curries, btw.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Huh. Broccoli stem puree, etc.. BRILLIANT.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm buying all organic all the time, and organic broccoli only comes on the giant stems (not pre-cut florets), it seemed so wasteful to just chuck all those lovely stems.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I take it that they cook down really quickly once pureed?

Oh and what did you use for the calcium or magnesium powder for the tooth powder? I couldn't find it at the Merc and think I ordered the wrong thing for them to get me.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, you cook them before pureeing. It takes about, um...fifteen minutes for them to get soft enough to puree? Enough that I can break them apart with a spatula.

I bought this Calcium Magnesium powder (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0KZ05B5388&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-_-pla-_-Vitamins%2c+Minerals+%26+Supplements-_-9SIA0KZ05B5388), which they had (at the time) in stock at the Merc. LMFAO that I got to use a NewEgg shopping link, there. That's mckitterick's favorite online shopping site.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks! I'll check for it at NG today.
I love NewEgg too, I bought some big electronic something a couple of Cyber Mondays ago and got a whale of a deal.

Oh, cook first.. haha. Dur.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

NG carries the brand of gelatin I recommended, too, although they were out last week. I had to buy a different brand at the Merc.

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thank you!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! And it's 100% Whole30 compliant!

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

I totally stole this soup thickener idea. I have roasted red pepper and cheese soup with carrot puree in my fridge right now :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

That's awesome!

And it's not stealing if it's freely given, silly thing. The only thing I like better than cooking for an appreciative audience is helping an appreciative audience with cooking tips!

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how many of your tips I have used. I am a way better cook than I used to be.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It's the closest I'll ever get to being an old-fashioned home ec teacher.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Deee-LISH.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Poor thing, I don't think you even got any! It's all up here at the office if you want a bowl.

[shrijani.livejournal.com]

OMG! That sounds AMAZING!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It was really good. And the gelatin makes it SO SMOOTH.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I have been wondering what I can do to not-ruin the tilapia fillets I've got in the freezer. I may print this as a shopping list to try out.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I hope you like it!

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

Yum.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Enjoy! Note that I added a missed step just now, so if you saved this or something, replace it with the current one.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Thanks for mentioning the soup-thickening idea! Trying to gather some non-gluten options for that sort of thing (which is different, in my mind, than gluten-free, if that makes sense).

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I just added the left-out beef gelatin, which is a GREAT soup-thickener, too.

I'm a recent convert to unflavored beef gelatin, and I'm now using it in a whole bunch of stuff.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

If you're okay with legumes, I've found refried beans to be a tasty quick thickener. I stay away from them most of the time, but I cheat with them when I don't have anything else on hand.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Almond butter works as a great thickener for curries, btw.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Huh. Broccoli stem puree, etc.. BRILLIANT.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm buying all organic all the time, and organic broccoli only comes on the giant stems (not pre-cut florets), it seemed so wasteful to just chuck all those lovely stems.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I take it that they cook down really quickly once pureed?

Oh and what did you use for the calcium or magnesium powder for the tooth powder? I couldn't find it at the Merc and think I ordered the wrong thing for them to get me.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, you cook them before pureeing. It takes about, um...fifteen minutes for them to get soft enough to puree? Enough that I can break them apart with a spatula.

I bought this Calcium Magnesium powder (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0KZ05B5388&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-_-pla-_-Vitamins%2c+Minerals+%26+Supplements-_-9SIA0KZ05B5388), which they had (at the time) in stock at the Merc. LMFAO that I got to use a NewEgg shopping link, there. That's mckitterick's favorite online shopping site.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks! I'll check for it at NG today.
I love NewEgg too, I bought some big electronic something a couple of Cyber Mondays ago and got a whale of a deal.

Oh, cook first.. haha. Dur.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

NG carries the brand of gelatin I recommended, too, although they were out last week. I had to buy a different brand at the Merc.

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thank you!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! And it's 100% Whole30 compliant!

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

I totally stole this soup thickener idea. I have roasted red pepper and cheese soup with carrot puree in my fridge right now :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

That's awesome!

And it's not stealing if it's freely given, silly thing. The only thing I like better than cooking for an appreciative audience is helping an appreciative audience with cooking tips!

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how many of your tips I have used. I am a way better cook than I used to be.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It's the closest I'll ever get to being an old-fashioned home ec teacher.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Deee-LISH.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Poor thing, I don't think you even got any! It's all up here at the office if you want a bowl.

[zitronenhai.livejournal.com]

OMG! That sounds AMAZING!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It was really good. And the gelatin makes it SO SMOOTH.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I have been wondering what I can do to not-ruin the tilapia fillets I've got in the freezer. I may print this as a shopping list to try out.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I hope you like it!