Corn And Prawn Soup Sopa De Milho Com Camarão Food

SOPA DE MILHO CORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a small glass bowl, combine the shrimp, chile, parsley, and lime juice. Add a pinch each of salt and pepper and toss together. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• In a large heavy saucepan heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 to 5 minutes, or until softened and slightly golden. Add the corn and cook for 2 minutes more. Add the milk and heat to just under simmering. Transfer the mixture to a blender and add the bread, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. In batches if necessary, blend for 2 to 3 minutes, until you have a smooth puree, scraping down the sides of the container as necessary. Transfer to a large saucepan and stir to blend all the ingredients evenly. Over medium heat, bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and ladle into warm soup bowls. Garnish each bowl with a mound of the shrimp salsa.

SOPA DE CAMARON (SHRIMP SOUP)

Steps:

• Peel and devein the shrimp, reserving the shells.
• In a large frying pain heat 4 Tbsp of olive oil and saute the minced onion, carrots, peppers, garlic, and celery until soft. Add the finely diced tomatoes and continue to cook slowly until the tomatoes have rendered theirs juices and are soft. Be careful of burning and add water if mixture gets too dry.
• In a separate pan heat 3 Tbsp of olive oil and saute the shrimp shells until pink. Add the Knorr cubes of Sopa de Camaron and 2 qts of water. Cook vigorously adding water as needed. Taste for salt as the Knorr product has a considerable amount of it. If you need more flavor add additional cubes of Knorr. Strain to remove the shells. Allow both mixtures to cool somewhat and adding equal portions of mixture to a blender blend until smooth. In a large pot heat 1 Tbsp of olive oil and saute the tomato paste briefly then add the blended soup and cook on high heat for 10 minutes. Add the peeled and deveined shrimp and the Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, turn off the burner and put a lid on the pot. Leave for 10 minutes. Rewarm to serve, but do not bring to a boil as it will toughen the shrimp.