Spicy Cold Tomatillo Soup Food

TOMATILLO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over high heat in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Saute chicken in oil until both sides are browned, approximately 2 minutes per side. Remove the chicken, and set aside.
• Add onions and garlic to saucepan, and saute until golden. Stir in the tomatillos, jalapeno peppers, and broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover the pot, and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Puree vegetables in batches in a blender or food processor. Return to pot, and reheat. At this point taste the soup; if not piquant enough, add cayenne pepper or pepper sauce.
• Slice the chicken into thin slices, and then shred. Stir into soup. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• When ready to serve, stir in the minced cilantro and ladle into bowls. Put a dollop of sour cream on top of each portion, and let it melt a bit. Top each dollop with a single cilantro leaf, and serve immediately.

SPICY COLD TOMATILLO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat broiler. Place tomatillos, garlic, and serrano chile in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet, and roast until tomatillos are soft and browned in spots, about 5 minutes. Turn all items; continue cooking until other side is soft and browned, about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat; let cool slightly.
• Transfer baking sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely. Peel garlic; place cloves in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Add tomatillos, serrano, and any accumulated juices along with cucumber, onion, cilantro, stock, lime juice, and salt; blend until mixture is smooth. Add yogurt and the water; process until they are just combined.
• Transfer to a large bowl or plastic storage container; cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. To serve, ladle into bowls; garnish with avocado.

CHILLED TOMATILLO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the tomatillos with enough water to cover in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, or until tender. Drain tomatillos.
• In a large food processor (or in batches in the blender, or using a stick blender), process the tomatillos, onion, poblanos, lime juice, cilantro, cumin, salt, sugar, and garlic until smooth.
• Combine the tomatillo mixture with the half and half and jicama in a bowl and mix well. Cover and refrigerate to allow flavors to meld (1 to 4 hours).
• Ladle the soup into bowls. Garnish each with additional tomatillos, cilantro, and almonds.
• For a smoother soup, process the jicama as well.
• For a heated soup, you may find it neccessary to thin with chicken stock.

AVOCADO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven over low heat; add onions, garlic, jalapenos, salt and pepper and cook, stirring, 10 minutes or until translucent. Add avocados and stock and bring to the simmer. Simmer 15 to20 minutes or until avocados are soft. Add cream, bring back to a simmer, then puree with immersion blender until very smooth. Stir in cilantro and lime and serve, topped with Corn and Tomato Garnish.
• Stir together corn kernels with all other ingredients in a small bowl.

SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In food processor combine tomatoes, scallions, jalapeno, juice of the lime, and red peppers. Process until smooth. Season with salt, pepper and a dash of Tabasco pepper sauce to taste. Chill and serve.
• PEELED TOMATOES
• Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Using a paring knife make an X on the bottom of each tomato. Lower tomatoes into boiling water for 30 to 45 seconds. Remove tomatoes to a bowl of ice water to stop cooking process. Tomatoes can now be peeled with fingers

TOMATO AND TOMATILLO GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Pur&eaacute;e tomatillos, half of tomatoes, and half of onion with chile, garlic, vinegar, and 1 1/4 teaspoons salt in a blender until smooth.
• Force through a medium-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding solids.
• Stir in remaining tomatoes and onion, water, oil, and cilantro. Chill until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.

CHILLED TOMATILLO AND CUCUMBER SOUP

Steps:

• Char poblano chilies over gas flame or under broiler until blackened on all sides. Enclose in paper bag; cool 10 minutes. Peel and seed chilies, then cut into 1-inch pieces.
• Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; saut 5 minutes. Add tomatillos and cucumber; saut until onion begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Add broth and poblano chilies; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tomatillos are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in jalape‱os, lime juice and cilantro. Cool completely. Working in batches, puree soup in blender. Transfer to large bowl; stir in cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Chill soup until cold, at least 3 hours or overnight. Divide soup among 6 bowls. Sprinkle with green onions and serve.
• *Fresh green chilies, often called pasillas; available at Latin American markets and some supermarkets.

SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Fry the chopped onion and bacon if using in a small knob of butter/oil for about 5 mins
• Add cubed potato and quatered tomatoes, sugar and water simmer gently with the lid on a pan until potato is well cooked. Allow to cool slightly
• Remove the bacon if using and pour the ingredients into a blender.
• Once blended add the seasonings and blend well and adjust to your taste.
• Pass through a sieve into a pan. At this point this soup is perfect for freezing. Add the milk and gently reheat and add fresh parsley is using. Serve with a chunk of fresh warm bread.

CHILLED SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Arrange plum tomatoes on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle witholive oil, sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon sugar, and season with salt and pepper. Roast tomatoes until edges begin to wrinkle and juices release, about 35 minutes.
• Transfer tomatoes and juices to a bowl. Heat olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add diced onion, ground coriander, ground cumin, and caraway seeds, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender, about 4 minutes. Add chiles or red-pepper flakes to saucepan. Add tomatoes and juices, and toss to coat. Add chicken stock, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer,about 10 minutes.
• Filling a blender halfway and covering with a kitchen towel, puree soup in batches. Strain through a coarse sieve into a large bowl; discard solids. Season with salt and pepper. Chill soup for at least 3 hours or up to overnight. Garnish each serving with 1 teaspoon plain yogurt. Top with thinly slicedcherry tomatoes if desired.

SPICY GREEN GARLIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Season chicken legs generously with salt and pepper. Pour olive oil into a Dutch oven or similar pot over medium-high heat. Add chicken legs and brown well, about 3 minutes per side. Remove and set aside. Add diced yellow onion and cook, stirring frequently, until browned and softened, about 5 minutes. Add carrots, celery, bay leaf and clove and return chicken to pot.
• Add 10 cups water and 1 tablespoon kosher salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until chicken is tender, but not falling off the bone, about 1 hour. Turn off heat and skim fat from surface of broth. (May be prepared up to this point several hours ahead, or up to a day in advance, and refrigerated.)
• While chicken is cooking, prepare the green garlic shoots: peel tough outer layers and roots, then rinse well. Split shoots lengthwise and chop both white and tender green parts. Set aside.
• Make the tomatillo salsa: drain diced white onion and transfer to a small bowl. Add tomatillo, jalapeño, lime juice and a little salt and stir together.
• Just before serving, reheat soup, add chopped green garlic to pot and simmer 5 minutes. To serve, put one chicken leg in each bowl (alternatively, remove meat from bone and shred) and ladle soup over it. Pass tomatillo salsa and lime wedges at the table.

COLD, SPICY, VEGETABLE SOUP (TAKE A LOOK NO COOK)

Steps:

• Put all soup ingredients into blender and blend till smooth.
• You can serve as is or chill for an hour.
• Top with 1 teaspoon of a mixture of every finely diced tomato, celery, and onions or herbs like basil or cilantro, and lime slices and serve in a margarita glass.

CHICKEN TOMATILLO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add Hatch chiles and garlic; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomatillos, broth, and diced tomatoes and green chiles; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and cook until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Puree with an immersion blender until smooth.
• Add chicken, pinto beans, corn, taco seasoning, chicken base, and cumin and return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve.