Walmart and James Beard Foundation Support Local Farms
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L to R: Spicy Onion Dry Pot Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, Spicy Onion Dry Pot Beef
Chef Rui Liu
Spicy Onion Dry Pot Chicken at Masterpiece. Can't you almost smell the flavorful aroma from your screen?
Masterpiece
I stopped in for lunch at Masterpiece and was not disappointed. We ordered the Spicy Onion Dry Pot Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, and the Spicy Onion Dry Pot Beef dishes. Each dish was bursting with flavor. I have been to China a few times and have traveled around the world. But, I have never had Sichuan that tasted like this. Each dish had its own unique flavor vs. the traditional way the Sichuan dishes are typically prepared. I will definitely return to Masterpiece to taste more of their menu items.
Chicken Soup with Kale
The Vidalia onions from Bland Farms at Walmart left such a delicious impression on me that I couldn't resist creating a dish of my own with these fantastic vegetables.
Introducing my latest creation: Chicken Soup with Kale! This hearty and wholesome soup is a year-round favorite for me, and it's especially comforting when the weather turns chilly.
Chicken Soup with Kale Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 medium chopped Vidalia onion (found in the produce aisle at your local Walmart).
- 3 tablespoons of Extra Virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cartons (32 ounces each) of reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 4 cups chopped fresh kale
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 2 tablespoons of Better than Bouillon Chicken Base
- 1/4 cup of Pine Nuts (optional)
DIRECTIONS
- In a Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add Vidalia onion, celery, and carrots; cook and stir 8-10 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
- Gradually stir in broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
- Return to a boil and stir in kale, chicken, and Better Than Bouillon Chicken base; cook, covered, 6-8 minutes longer, or until kale is tender.
- Add pine nuts and let sit for 10-15 minutes and then serve.
Support Your Local Farms!
Headquartered in Glennville, Georgia, Bland Farms is the largest grower, packer, and shipper of sweet onions in the United States. Bland Farms represents roughly one-quarter of the entire Vidalia® sweet onion volume and has the largest controlled-environment storage capacity in the industry. Bland Farms was the first company in the industry to market sweet onions year-round. In order to meet the needs of customers, year-round Bland Farms had to expand growing operations beyond the borders of Georgia, across the United States, and internationally. Our strategically located operations result in the highest quality, freshest, and sweetest onions available to consumers and retailers today.
About the James Beard Foundation
The James Beard Foundation’s mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and other leaders making America's food culture more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone.
A cookbook author and teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge about food, the late James Beard was a champion of American cuisine. He helped educate and mentor generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts, instilling in them the value of wholesome, healthful, and delicious food. Today JBF continues in the same spirit by administering a number of diverse programs that include educational initiatives, food industry awards, scholarships for culinary students, publications, chef advocacy training, and thought-leader convening. The Foundation also maintains the historic James Beard House in New York City’s Greenwich Village as a “performance space” for visiting chefs. Get food news, recipes, and more at the James Beard Foundation’s blog, or subscribe to the free digital newsletter, Beard Bites.
The James Beard Foundation is a national not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in New York City.
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36 Comments.
The Chicken Soup with Kale looks yummy! Were all of the dishes that you tried at the Marketplace spicy? I’d be interested in hearing about any non-spicy foods!
‘Rediscovering America’ is a great step taken by Walmart in collaboration with James Beard Foundation. I wish more people should realise the importance of locally grown organic food. The Spicy Onion Dry Pot Chicken at Masterpiece looks so tempting. The Chicken Soup with Kale also sounds and looks delicious. I would love to try my hands on the recipe.
I love this post, Autumn! First of all, I love how many organizations are working together to make a difference to local farmers by supporting and buying their products. Secondly, the food in the Masterpiece restaurant looks good. Also, your recipe looks good as well. Finally, I love shopping at Walmart.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you stopping by for a read.
Everything looks so delicious and I love that Walmart collaborated with locally grown organic food through the James Beard Foundation. I’d like to try all of these recipes and learn more how to incorporate healthy organic foods in my own dishes. Thanks so much for sharing!
You’re welcome! Thanks for reading!
I support farm to table as often as I can. Looks like a great program.
Thank you! Yes, I love supporting local farms/farmers!
That soup recipe looks so delicious. I love to us local produce as much as I can when I go to the grocery store.
It is! LOL! Thank you.
Your photos make this recipe look so delicious, I’ll need to try it out. I love eating food straight from the farm.
Thank you! Me too!
What a great advocacy. It’s not only healthy but also affordable.
I agree!
It’s wonderful when large organizations can partner and bolster local businesses. I am definitely going to try your Chicken and Kale Soup recipe!
I hope you enjoy it!
Oo I love that you added Vidalia onions to the soup. It sounds so tasty! It’s great to see all the support for local farmers too!!
I love supporting local farms/farmers!
I love buying from companies that support the local farmers. BTW loved the recipe – I need to try it. It sounds perfect for this weather.
Me too! I always buy local when I can. I hope you enjoy the soup!
My mother in law has been on the look out for recipes to include more Kale in her diet. Emailing this with her now. Thanks for sharing this with us.
You are welcome! I hope she enjoys it!
I adore Walmart, and I adore it even more now that it’s really expanded it’s grocery department!! If I lived closer to the one here in LA that I frequent, I would go at least 3x a week! ha!
YAS! I love their grocery department.
That is such a great program. I am always looking out to shop from local farms. Now once the farmer’s markets close in winter time I won’t feel guilting of shopping from Walmart. I like the recipe too.
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What a great foundation and love that Walmart being the scale they are are teaming up with the locals…. better for everyone!! As for that soup perfect for this cooler fall weather we are having!!
I love soup. I actually have “soup day” where I invite friends over and everyone has to make a different soup. LOL!
I’m so glad to hear that a big chain, like Walmart, is taking big steps to support local farms! I don’t normally shop at Walmart, but after reading this, I will definitely consider it!
Walmart has amazing prices – you will love it.
Walmart isn’t very big where we live, so I don’t hear too much about it. Happy to know that they are involved with a
program like this! I try to shop locally grown produce whenever possible!
What a stunning initiative!!!! I love it when big corporate’s start trying to do good and make things better.
I am not sure about kale yet but that recipe sounds yummy!
Try it, you just might like it. LOL!
the soup looks amaizng I have to try it!
what a great project! The soup looks really good. I’m not even a kale person, and I’d like to try it!
Buying local is super important in suggesting the local community. Glad Walmart is joining in. All the food on the looks wonderful.
Thank you!