[lauren] hot! *slurps*
[lauren] you like that?
[lauren] hey everyone! it's lauren from hot for food and happy new year! it's 2017!
[lauren] can you believe it?
[lauren] i can't. it's all been a blur.
[lauren] but this is the official first video of the new year
[lauren] and we're gonna make something warm and comforting and tasty and classic!
[lauren] comfort food at its best. it's VEGAN CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP.
[lauren] i thought this would be perfect since after the holidays, you're probably wiped out and tired, perhaps even sick.
[lauren] and this is what you're craving and you can make VEGAN CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
[lauren] you know we kinda like the vegan chicken over here in the hot for food kitchen so that's what we're gonna use,
[lauren] we're gonna use noodles and all the classic seasonings and vegetables in this soup.
[lauren] it's done in 30 minutes, in one pot! and let's get going cos i'm really craving it and i really wanna eat it right now!
[lauren] first, you're gonna sauté some vegan chicken in a big stock pot with just a little bit of oil and brown that up all nice.
[lauren] so you're gonna brown this for a couple of minutes and then add the seasonings.
[lauren] now if you remember that RECIPE?! i did with the tortilla soup,
[lauren] i used shredded smoked tofu so you can use that if you can't find the chicken product,
[lauren] or you can just use regular firm tofu, or you could leave it out,
[lauren] skip this step and start sautéing the onion, celery and carrot.
[lauren] but this does add a certain quality to the soup that makes it taste really authentic.
[lauren] we're gonna add thyme, fresh thyme,
[lauren] we're also gonna add dried basil and dried sage,
[lauren] those are chicken-y kind of spices.
[lauren] add your salt and pepper now, you can adjust it later if you need.
[lauren] and give this a stir. and all this browning is gonna lift up once we add some stock so don't worry.
[lauren] now you can add onions, let those sweat a little bit and continue cooking.
[lauren] if it's really dry down there, you can add a little bit of stock right now.
[lauren] as you can see there, it's lifted up all the brown bits and that's where flavour town is!
[lauren] now you can add your celery and carrots, and cook that for another 4 to 5 minutes
[lauren] now we're gonna add minced garlic and cook for another couple of minutes.
[lauren] it's smelling so good in here!
[lauren] and the next step is to add stock so i have chicken stock, which is vegan chicken stock.
[lauren] it's bouillon cubes that i dissolved into 8 cups of water.
[lauren] if you want, you can use just vegetable stock, that's fine.
[lauren] and it can be premade stock or with a bouillon, it doesn't really matter.
[lauren] just need 8 cups of liquid.
[lauren] then we're gonna add in fettuccine noodles and you can also use any kind of noodles you want,
[lauren] macaroni is okay, rotini, i like the long noodles though cos that's like classic chicken noodle soup.
[lauren] and we're almost done!
[lauren] okay now that everything's in the pot, just give it a stir, turn up the heat a little bit to get it to a boil.
[lauren] and you can cover it at this point. it's gonna take about 15 more minutes to cook
[lauren] and in the last 2 minutes, add some fresh parsley and then we're gonna eat!
[lauren] oh my god!
[lauren] this is the best!
[lauren] you're gonna be addicted.
[lauren] you know what? it's worth getting sick cos you can eat this.
[lauren] you don't have to be sick to eat this.
[lauren] but i guess you can look forward to it.
[lauren] you have to get someone to make it for you if you're sick.
[lauren] alright, oh my god.
[lauren] salty, savoury, all the things! it's perfect!
[lauren] i hope you like it, i hope you make it a lot.
[lauren] this serves about 6 people but you could also make it, freeze it, whatever you need to do to get through the rest of winter.
[lauren] that being said, it's winter here where we are in Canada.
[lauren] maybe it's hot and sunny where you are watching this. lucky you.
[lauren] alright, we're gonna be here every wednesday, all year long!
[lauren] in 2017 so subscribe to hot for food if you're not already and give us the thumbs up if you like this video!
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[lauren] and i'll see ya next week!
[lauren] i'm going to eat all of this soup!
[lauren] damn it i got my towel dirty!