Sick of Soup Remedy #1: Pancakes
A couple of weeks ago, I threw together a curried butternut squash and black bean soup. I used leftover broth from some boiled dry black beans b/c I didn’t have enough chicken stock. As you can imagine, it was kind of strange (hence, no blog post about it). The color and texture resembled split pea soup (not appetizing when you know that it’s not split peas), and the taste was a little odd. I suffered through a couple of days of it and just couldn’t eat any more. But I really hate to waste food, so I made it a Saturday adventure to come up with ways to use the soup in other ways that would make me forget about its original incarnation. Well what requires liquid and could tolerate a viscous texture? Hmm, I guess anything with milk is kind of like that. It was Saturday morning, and so pancakes it is! These pancakes actually turned out really well and had a sweet and savory flavor that didn’t even need any type of syrup or anything. I froze the rest for future lazy weekend mornings. You probably can’t get away with every type of soup in this kind of recipe, but I imagine it would be a good use of other roasted veggie types of soups. If you try this with other soups (or have other ideas on ways to use up that soup), let me know!
Souped Up Pancakes, modified from the “Basic Pancakes” in Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything
Makes 4-6 servings
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 or 2 eggs
- 1.5-2 c. soup (originally milk)
- 2 Tbsp. melted and cooled butter (optional) plus unmelted butter for cooking (or oil)
Preheat griddle/skillet over med-low while making batter. Mix dry ingredients. Beat egg into soup/milk. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the melted butter. Gently stir in dry ingredients, only enough to moisten flour, which may be lumpy. If the batter is too thick, add some milk or water to thin it out.
Cook a ladle full (1/2 cup or so?) of batter with 1 tsp butter if your pan is not non-stick. Brown bottom of the pancake for 2 to 4 min without burning it. Flip. Cook the other side until lightly browned.
Looks awesome!
“How To Cook Everything” has been on my Amazon wishlist for nearly 10 years now. One day, I won’t be poor.
