World of WarCrafts: Murloc Fin Soup
by Maureen Carter 
Dec 12th 2007 at 4:30PM
Every Wednesday World of WarCrafts features a recipe that shows you how to make own real life version of in-game recipes and items. There are many "tasty" sounding things to eat in the wonderful world of WoW. I have often wondered what some of these things would taste like, others give me the willies just thinking about eating them but whatever. As a result of my wonderings I came up with this IRL version of Murloc Fin Soup. The only thing I had to work with was the in game recipe that called for Murloc Fins and Hot Spices, not even any Refreshing Spring Water! How could that be soup? Not exactly sure, but I figured that the recipe, or lack there of, gave me a bit of creative license. I hope you enjoy my IRL Murloc Fin Soup. You will find a translation key following to help you find the ingredients from your General Goods Vendor.
Murloc Fin Soup
4 chunks of Murloc meat
28 oz can of Murloc eyes
2 15oz cans Stranglethorn tomatoes
1 cup Goblin salsa
12.5 oz tomato sauce
1 cup Murloc broth
Hot spices
1 can Westfall corn
2 tbs lime juice
dash of pepper
crunchy Murloc Fins
shredded cheese and sour cream
Place all ingredients except the Murloc Fins, cheese and sour cream, in a cauldron over a low flame for 6-8 hours. 30 minutes before serving remove Murloc meat and pull it apart into bite size chunks with 2 forks. Return the meat to the cauldron and increase flame to high. Let the soup return to a boil and then serve.
To serve: place a hand full of crunchy Murloc Fins in your bowl and top with the soup. Garnish with the sour cream and cheese.
Translation
Murloc Fin Soup- Chicken Tortilla Soup
Murloc meat- boneless skinless chicken breasts
Murloc eyes- black or pinto beans
Stranglethorn tomatoes- canned tomatoes with chilies
Goblin salsa- your basic standard salsa (goblin just sounded cool)
Murloc broth- Chicken broth
Hot spices- 1 tbs chili powder, 1 tsp cumin and ¼ tsp garlic powder
Westfall corn- corn (again, sounded cool)
Crunchy murloc fins- tortilla chips
Cauldron over a low flame- crockpot on low
Filed under: Cooking, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, World of WarCrafts
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Minnow Dec 12th 2007 5:05PM
I am going to try this sometime :)
elte Dec 12th 2007 5:05PM
Tastes like chicken.
Rob Dec 12th 2007 5:03PM
Not bad... I still need to make my "Sin City Breakfast Tacos" first though. :)
fealubryne Dec 12th 2007 5:04PM
This is fantastic. I happen to know a group of gamers who would not only love the joke, but love the meal as well.
...Unfortunately, we'd probably end up breaking out the air freshener and opening all the windows for a couple of hours afterwards. Bet we could pull off a Blazing Saddles, though!
Ryan Carter Dec 12th 2007 5:29PM
I got tell you, I have personally had this delectable dish and it is EPIIIIIC! Murloc does taste a lot like chicken.
makabak Dec 12th 2007 5:29PM
Odd, I would have thought Murloc did *not* taste like chicken. I always wondered if it would have more of a fishy taste.
Ametrine Dec 12th 2007 6:19PM
That's how freakish Murlocs ARE... they are FISH that taste like CHICKEN.
brooks Dec 12th 2007 6:13PM
Isn't this just like TheBronzekettle that you linked us to. Now your doing it....
Kohaku Dec 13th 2007 2:13AM
How do you guys know what murloc tastes like?
I seriously have no interest to try murloc, but I read somewhere that alligators taste like chickens so I assumed tender crocklisk meat taste like chicken....
Anyways, there's a Chinese dish that's similar to Herb Baked Eggs, and I made that to school the next day after my friend let me play on his account(and obviously, I picked up cooking skill, lalala)... It was yumm...
There are other stuffs I want to try... like... Tasty Lion Steak (sometimes, I volunteer at the zoo... do you think they will let me have some lion meat? ;) ) and turtle soup (I forgot it's exact name.. it was somewhere along the line of Soothing Turtle Bisque?)
I should pull out some recipe from WoW, huh?
Jess Dec 13th 2007 2:14AM
Wow I'm kicking myself for not thinking up this idea first. On the other hand good luck trying to decifer the really weird ones like blackened basilik or spider sausages.
arkhell Dec 13th 2007 2:05PM
hehehe just get some tarentula's kill 'm and make a sausage out of 'm.. can't be that hard...?
basilisk.. try to get a chicken and a snake to mate hatch it and cook it...? ^^
Hunker Dec 13th 2007 8:54AM
#6---Chicken of the sea?
Seraph Dec 13th 2007 2:05PM
ha, i saw this last night and its currently stewing away in my "cauldron" at home... lets hope its good!
Redwren Dec 13th 2007 2:05PM
You should use green guacamole chips for the fins. Mrgl mrgl good!
Mort Dec 13th 2007 2:05PM
Tortilla soup is amazing and wonderful for the cold winter.
As for blackened basilisk, I figure something like blackened chicken, so fairly easy to make. Although the in game recipe requires no spices.
Pretty much
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Basilisk Meat (chicken breasts)
Hot spices (see below)
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"BLACKENED CHICKEN BREASTS
1 tbsp. paprika
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
3/4 tsp. white pepper
3/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. oregano
1 tbsp. oil (I prefer melted butter for this)
Mix together blackened spice mix ingredients. Coat each chicken breast with about 1 tablespoon of spice mix. Grill for 10 minutes, flipping once."
Or any other variety. Above recipe, adjust spices to taste, spicier for the fire breathing troll and drunken dwarf. Less for the Undead who can't taste anyways and the prissy night elf.
Spider sausage, I might have a good Swedish potato sausage recipe that I could mock up.
Btw, great thread, sorry if it looks like I am stealing any thunder, just replying to above posts. ^^;
Mort Dec 13th 2007 11:21AM
Oh, as a quick aside note to the above... make sure your chicken is cooked through. I guess as soon as I posted this I realized that people could try these recipes and get sick by not properly preparing them. And then some idiot would go after WoW Insider for posting them.
So make sure your food is cooked properly.
Maureen Carter Dec 13th 2007 3:51PM
Thanks for the recipe! I'm afraid that Blackened Basilisk is one that I may not have been willing to tackle. Looks yummy!
Mort Dec 13th 2007 5:53PM
^_^ Congrats Maureen!
http://www.slashfood.com/2007/12/13/mmmmm-murloc-fin-soup/
Just noticed that, one of the other blogs I hit up on a frequent basis.
Maureen Carter Dec 13th 2007 8:38PM
Hey Mort! thanks for the heads up!
Aketolove Dec 15th 2007 2:00PM
Lovely recipe