Inferno Soup

Serves: 4

Catharine Rutherford

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

45

Sweetness

41

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

4 cups

Vegetable Oil

1 tbsp

Sugar

1 tsp

Ground Cumin

Directions:

1

Add about 6 cups water to a large pot with the vegetable oil and chicken broth seasoning

2

Bring to a mild boil for about 5 minutes

3

Add the chicken pieces and give it another 10 minutes over medium heat or until the chicken cooks

4

Add the carrots, fish sauce, roasted garlic and sugar

5

Let it cook over low heat another 3 minutes, and then the egg noodles and Dried Pepper Extract and cook for a final 2 minutes

6

Take your choice of 6 of the dried peppers

7

Over a bowl, snap off the tails but try to keep the seeds in the bowl

8

Fill a large saucepan with 6 to 8 ounces water

9

Add the peppers and boil over medium heat until you see the skins soften and become moist, about 3 minutes

10

Then strain a little of the water in the sink but leave enough to blend the peppers, 1 to 1 1/2 ounces

11

Remember to keep the seeds

12

Add the fresh garlic, cumin and the peppers and seeds to a blender and puree

13

You have now created the paste used to generate the hot oil

14

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over low heat for 3 to 4 minutes

15

CAUTION: the following step may be toxic

16

Take the dried pepper paste you have just blended and SLOWLY and carefully drop into the hot oil while stirring for about 3 minutes

17

This will produce a homemade pepper extract