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Vermicelli Soup

A simple soup of vermicelli, water, salt, pepper, and optional vegetables.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Vermicelli Soup

Vermicelli Soup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring water to a boil in a pot.

  2. Add vermicelli and cook until tender.

  3. Season with salt and pepper.

  4. Add vegetables if desired and simmer for a few minutes.

  5. Serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Vermicelli
Thin starch noodles that soften in the hot broth and give the soup its body.

The step that matters

Cooking the vermicelli until tender. Thin noodles soften quickly in hot liquid and keep absorbing broth as they sit, so they can turn mushy if overcooked or left standing before serving.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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