The reminders come when I manage to make something that I want to remember, as I did last night. Don was recovering from a routine colonoscopy, so I wanted to make something easy on his stomach using homemade rotisserie chicken broth …
I was of a mind to make Brunswick Stew, but belatedly realized I was out of potatoes. So I thought I’d pivot to tortilla soup, but I was also out of poblano peppers and cilantro (oh the joys of restocking after going out of town).
Then it came to me that I had just bought fresh corn and coconut milk (which is not usual for me, but for some reason I had picked it up at the store). Combined with onions, celery, grape tomatoes, a sweet potato, chipotle powder, salt and pepper, I had just what I needed to create a chicken soup riff on Rundown Chowder. Which turned out pretty darn well …
All that was left to decide was what to call it … Don, wag that he is, suggested Run Out Soup. And so it is. I do think I’ll add some poblanos and thyme for the next go round, but otherwise the “recipe” (sorry, no amounts) should be good to go in the future, whether I’ve “run out” of ingredients or not.
P.S. Fortunately, we did have some tortilla chips in the pantry that added the requisite crunch that I always crave with soups … and salads, and sandwiches. Ha!
