Popcorn Soup Food

POPCORN SOUP (CORN CHOWDER)

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter with parsley flakes until onion is tender, about 8 minutes.
• Sprinkle flour over mixture and stir (will be lumpy). Slowly stir in the half and half until smooth and creamy. Add corn and cook until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. To serve, ladle into bowls and garnish with popped corn.

POPCORN SOUP

Steps:

• Remove the corn kernels from the ears of corn and keep for later.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the corn cobs, water, celery, carrot, bay leaf, garlic and onion.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, then immediately reduce to a simmer.
• Let the broth simmer for 2 hours. Remove from heat and let cool, then strain.
• In a medium stock pot, melt the butter and add the onions. Saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the corn from the cob, corn broth, and salt. Allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
• Put the soup in a blender and blend until as smooth as possible. Remember to let the hot air escape as it blends.
• Return the blended soup to the pot. Add the popcorn. Simmer for 5 minutes. Return the soup to the blender and blend again until as smooth as possible.
• Strain the soup through a fine mesh strainer back into the stock pot. Add the cream to taste.
• For a velvety smoooth soup, blend the soup a third time.
• Serve with kernels of popcorn on the top.

PUMPKIN-POPCORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the leeks and cook until wilted, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger and curry powder and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add 2 cups of the popcorn and toss to coat in the butter.
• Add the stock, pumpkin and heavy cream. Bring to a simmer. Cook until the leeks are very tender, the popcorn has dissolved away from the kernels and the kernels are softened, about 15 minutes.
• Puree the soup with a hand blender or in batches in a countertop blender. Stir in the lime juice and taste for seasoning, adding a little salt if necessary. Thin with up to 1/2 cup water, if desired. Serve in individual bowls with the remaining popcorn as a garnish.

CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Place cobs in a large soup pot with just enough water to cover (about 2 quarts). Add bay leaf, halved onion, and thyme, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 30 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl (you should have 1 quart). Stock can be refrigerated 3 days or frozen up to 3 months.
• Heat oil in a deep pot over medium heat. Add chopped onion and garlic, and saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add corn kernels, and saute 2 minutes.
• Add stock, and simmer until liquid is reduced by half. Add half-and-half, and return to a simmer. Puree half the liquid in a blender until partially or completely smooth. (To prevent spattering, remove cap from hole in lid, and cover lid with a dish towel). Return to pot, heat, and season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Divide among 4 bowls, and garnish with scallion and more pepper.

CHILLED RAW CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the corn, bell pepper, jalapeño, onion, tomatoes and garlic in a blender. Add the olive oil, vinegar, cumin and 1/2 teaspoon salt and puree on high speed until very smooth. Strain the soup through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, using a rubber spatula to push it through. Season with salt.
• Refrigerate the soup until cold, 1 to 2 hours. Pour into bowls and top with more corn and a drizzle of olive oil.

INCA CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook the quinoa or amaranth in 3/4 cup water for 10-15 minutes (until completely cooked and water has evaporated). Transfer to your blender and add 1 1/2 cups corn, chilis and non-dairy milk and blend until smooth. Transfer to a medium saucepan, stir in remaining corn and black beans and heat thoroughly. Add white pepper and maple to taste. Serve and garnish with hot sauce.

CHEDDAR CHEESE POPCORN BEER SOUP

Steps:

• Add first 5 ingredients to heavy soup pot and lightly saute.
• Add remaining ingredients (using empty soup cans to measure the milk and beer) Heat to simmer.
• When serving, top each cup or bowl with generous handful of freshly popped, lightly salted, popcorn.

CREAM OF CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Saute corn and shallots in the hot oil until soft, about 5 minutes. Add vegetable broth and cream, reduce heat to low, and cook for 20 minutes.
• Remove 6 tablespoons of corn from the soup and set aside.
• Puree the soup in an electric blender or by using an immersion blender; pass through a sieve back into the pot.
• Season soup with cayenne pepper and sea salt. Add the reserved corn kernels back to the soup and bring to a boil again briefly.
• Divide the soup among four bowls and drizzle with chili oil.