friederike's Reviews
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Delicious (NL)
(February, 2016)
Tastewise, it was really delicious, and it was quite easy to prepare as well!
We had only two issues, one of which was that the meat had dried out slightly. That might have been partly my fault, as I had accidentally bought deboned chicken thighs that, when stirred, folded open into a long strip of meat - not very practical! Also, the first time we had this, I had forgotten to add the crème fraîche; the second day, I did add the crème fraîche, and the whole dish immediately tasted much juicier. It also tasted mellower, though I find it hard to say if that was due to the crème fraîche or due to the fact that the flavour already had one and a half days to blend.
The other was that we thought it was a shame that there wasn't as much sauce as we had liked. This, too, was remedied by the addition of the crème fraîche (who knew that a few spoonfuls of something could solve so much?). If you choose not to add crème fraîche, I would opt to make double (or 1.5 x) everything bar the chicken.
We served this with potato mash and the recommended steamed (boiled) green beans; you can omit the potato mash if you like.
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How good can a soup be if it relies on four (yes, 4!) cubes of instant stock? Unfortunately I tend to choose recipes before reading through the list of ingredients properly, or thinking about what those ingredients might mean, otherwise I probably would have looked for another recipe. Because we had kiddo eating with us, I only used one cube of low-salt stock, and added salt directly to our bowl once served, but even then, I would have much preferred adding flavour by using veggies like carrots and celery.
Also, the instructions were written sloppily. They went along the lines of 'add everything and cook 1.5 hrs until the peas fall apart. After 1 hour remove the meat, cut into cubes and return to the pot. Add sausage and warm through for 20 min (do not cook).' - so when do I remove the meat, 1 hour after starting to cook everything? When do I add the sausage - I thought maybe when I'm returning the meat, but at that point, the peas still need to cook for 20-30 min, while they state explicitely that the sausage should not cook, just be warmed through.
In the end, although we added plenty of salt, I thought the dish still lacked oomph. Will not make this again
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