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Salmon Turnip Greens Soup
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 50 min
Instructions
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1
Pour water into a large pot. Add celery, carrots, potatoes, onion, and ginger to the water; season generously with salt and pepper. Bring the water to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until carrots are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir turnip greens and soy sauce into the soup; cook until greens wilt, about 5 minutes.
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2
Stir spaghetti into the simmering mixture; cook until the pasta is just beginning to soften, about 10 minutes. Add salmon and lemon juice to the liquid. Remove pot from heat and let salmon steep in the soup until warmed, about 5 minutes.
Vegan Butternut Squash Soup
- Prep
- 45 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Total
- 85 min
Instructions
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1
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onions, garlic, and ginger. Cook and stir until browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in ½ teaspoon salt, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, cumin, cloves, coriander, paprika, and chili flakes. Add butternut squash, yam, carrots, and celery. Add enough water to just cover.
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2
Increase heat and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until all vegetables are fork-tender, 30 to 45 minutes.
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3
Fill a blender halfway with soup. Cover and hold lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Pour back into the saucepan. Repeat with remaining soup. Add maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, and remaining 1 teaspoon salt.
Bramblett's Vegetable Stock
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 95 min
- Total
- 110 min
Instructions
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1
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-low heat. Place onions in pot and cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until very tender and golden brown.
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2
Mix celery root, potato peels, carrots, mushrooms and squash into pot. Season with salt. Continue cooking 45 minutes or until vegetables are very tender and golden brown.
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3
Pour water into pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain out the solids, taste for sufficient salt and voila! Your stock!
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 25 min
Instructions
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1
Melt butter in a pot over medium heat. Add zucchini, chicken broth, salt, and curry powder; cook until zucchini is soft, about 15 minutes.
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2
Fill blender halfway with soup. Cover and hold lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend until smooth. Pour into a pot. Repeat with remaining soup.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
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1
Bring a large pot of water to a boil with 2 teaspoons of salt. Drop in the stinging nettles, and cook 1 to 2 minutes until they soften. This will remove most of the sting. Drain in a colander, and rinse with cold water. Trim off any tough stems, then chop coarsely.
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2
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat, and stir in the onion. Cook until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the rice, chicken broth, and chopped nettles. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Puree the soup with an immersion blender, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
By Always Cooking Up Something
Fast and Easy Zucchini Soup
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
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1
Stir water, zucchini, and bouillon cubes together in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, then cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until zucchini is tender, about 20 minutes.
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2
Carefully drop cream cheese into the stockpot. Cook and stir until melted, about 5 minutes. Blend soup with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
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1
Cook and stir ground beef in a large pot over medium heat until crumbly and browned, 7 to 10 minutes; drain as much fat from pot as possible. Add onion and garlic to the pot; cook and stir until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
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2
Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, onion soup mix, bouillon cubes, and bay leaf until well combined; stir in water and mixed vegetables. Increase heat to medium-high; bring to a boil.
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3
Stir in orzo pasta; cook until pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.
By Elizabeth Cornell Chedid
Curried Butternut Squash Soup
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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2
Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until softened and browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
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3
Stir in broth, butternut squash, curry powder, salt, cumin, and cayenne pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until squash is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat.
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4
Stir in half-and-half and honey. Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth.
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5
Ladle soup into serving bowls and top with a sour cream dollop.
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 55 min
Instructions
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1
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic; cook and stir until soft, about 10 minutes. Add potatoes, water, and 2 teaspoons salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are very tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
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2
Remove pot from the heat and puree soup with an immersion blender. Stir in almond milk.
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3
Return soup to the heat and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with remaining 2 teaspoons salt and pepper.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 60 min
- Total
- 70 min
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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2
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and celery with a pinch of salt until onion is translucent, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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3
Pour chicken broth and tomatoes into onion mixture. Bring to a simmer and season with paprika, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
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4
Turn heat to low and stir rice into soup; skim foam occasionally and simmer until rice and vegetables are very tender, 35 to 45 minutes. Add sugar.
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5
Blend soup with an immersion blender in the pot until smooth.
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6
Whisk 1/2 cup cream into soup and season with salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and sugar if needed. If soup is too thick, add more broth; if soup is too thin, cook, stirring often, until reduced and slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
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7
Ladle into warmed bowls; garnish each bowl with a drizzle of cream and top each with about 1 teaspoon chopped basil.
Perfect Chicken Vegetable Soup
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 50 min
- Total
- 75 min
Instructions
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1
Gather the ingredients.
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2
Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add chicken breasts, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes.
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3
Pour chicken broth into the pot; bring to a boil. Stir in potatoes, cabbage, and carrot. Simmer soup until potatoes are tender, 30 to 40 minutes.
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4
Bring soup back to a boil. Drizzle in eggs and stir until cooked, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 45 min
- Total
- 75 min
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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2
Melt 3/4 cup butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; stir in flour and cook until flour taste disappears, about 7 minutes.
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3
Stir in seafood stock; season with salt and black pepper. Simmer 15 minutes, then remove from heat and set aside.
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4
Melt remaining 1/4 cup butter in a separate large saucepan over medium heat. Add shrimp shells and onions; cook until onions are translucent. Stir in tomato paste, paprika, and garlic; cook until brown.
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5
Stir in brandy; light it on fire. Simmer until reduced and thickened. Stir in reserved stock mixture, reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes.
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6
Strain stock mixture through a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth into a bowl; return it to the saucepan. Heat strained stock mixture to a simmer; add cream.
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7
Dice shrimp; add to a medium skillet over medium heat and cook until opaque.
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8
Stir into bisque; simmer 5 minutes. Season with Old Bay, pepper sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir in sherry just before serving.
Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 85 min
- Total
- 100 min
Instructions
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1
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and carrots until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir garlic into onion mixture; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove pot from heat.
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2
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in batches in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer browned beef to onion mixture in the large pot using a slotted spoon.
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3
Heat onion-beef mixture over medium heat. Stir vegetable juice, beef broth, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, beef bouillon, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into beef mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer to blend the flavors, at least 1 hour.
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4
Stir corn, kidney beans, cannellini beans, great Northern beans, green beans, peas, lima beans, and okra into beef mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until heated through, about 10 minutes.
Roasted Garden Tomato Basil Soup
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 155 min
- Total
- 180 min
Instructions
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1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
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2
Arrange tomatoes on a baking sheet; drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add garlic and 3 sprigs chopped thyme; toss. Season with salt and black pepper.
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3
Bake in preheated oven until very tender and browned, about 2 hours.
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4
Heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and zucchini until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in red pepper flakes, paprika, and curry powder. Season with salt and black pepper and add remaining 3 sprigs chopped thyme. Stir in roasted tomatoes along with any liquid from the baking sheet. Cook and stir for 5 more minutes; pour chicken broth into tomato mixture. Simmer for 20 minutes.
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5
Blend with an emersion blender until desired consistency. Stir in cream and basil before serving.
- Prep
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 15 min
Instructions
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1
Melt butter in a saucepan. Add flour and make a paste. Add milk and bouillon. Cook over low heat until thickened. Add pepper to taste. Add more milk when adding the other soup ingredients, depending on the thickness you desire.
Simple and Delicious Kale Soup
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 30 min
Instructions
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1
Melt butter in a pot over medium-high heat. Saute onion in hot butter until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir chicken broth and tomato into onion.
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2
Heat broth mixture to near-boiling and stir kale into liquid until completely submerged. Cook until kale wilts, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir beans into soup and cook until heated through, another 2 to 3 minutes.
Erin's Cheesy Broccoli Soup
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 30 min
Instructions
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1
Bring water and chicken bouillon granules to a boil in a large pot. Add broccoli and onion; cook at a boil until tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
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2
Combine milk, cream cheese, margarine, and flour in a second large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir until margarine melts and mixture begins to thicken, about 5 minutes. Stir in Cheddar cheese until melted completely.
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3
Pour broccoli mixture into cheese mixture; stir well.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 35 min
Instructions
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1
Crumble sausage into a skillet over medium heat and cook until evenly brown.
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2
Mix cooked sausage, rice mix with seasoning packet, black-eyed peas, tomatoes, broth and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20 minutes, or until rice is tender. Season to taste with salt.
Creamy Morel Mushroom Soup
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 35 min
Instructions
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1
Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, onion, and morels; cook, stirring frequently, until the onions have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken soup base and flour; cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in water and cream; bring to a simmer, and cook 5 minutes.
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2
Puree half of the soup in small batches, filling the blender no more than halfway full each time. Return soup puree to pot. Cook on low 10 to 15 minutes. Season with thyme and salt and pepper before serving.
Japanese Sweet Potato and Parsnip Soup
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 35 min
Instructions
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1
Combine parsnips, Japanese sweet potato, carrots, and onion in a saucepan. Add enough water to just cover. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Stir in bouillon base and thyme. Reduce heat and cook, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.
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Remove pan from heat. Use an immersion blender to puree until no chunks remain and soup is smooth. Pour in milk and puree to combine. Add additional milk or water, if needed, to achieve desired consistency. Return to heat to warm through, about 5 minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper as desired.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 35 min
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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2
Combine tomatoes, chicken broth, butter, sugar, onion, and baking soda in a large stock pot.
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3
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
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4
Stir in cream until heated through.
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5
Serve and enjoy!
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 35 min
Instructions
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1
Gather all ingredients.
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2
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, celery, carrot, and garlic; cook and stir until vegetables are tender and beginning to brown, about 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in flour and cook 1 minute more, stirring constantly.
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3
Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, sugar, tomato paste, and nutmeg. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until vegetables are very tender, about 10 minutes.
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4
Puree soup in a blender or food processor until silky smooth or to your preferred consistency. Alternatively, you can use a stick blender and puree soup in the saucepan.
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5
Stir cream into blended soup. Cook and stir over medium heat until bisque is hot. Season to taste with salt and pepper before serving.
Hearty Chicken and Rice Soup
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 35 min
Instructions
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1
Gather the ingredients.
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2
Combine chicken broth, onion, celery, carrots, parsley, pepper, thyme, and bay leaf in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer until the onion and celery begin to soften, 10 to 15 minutes.
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3
Stir in chicken; simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the middle, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf.
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4
Stir in rice and lime juice; cook and stir until rice is heated through and grains separate, about 1 minute.
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5
Garnish with lime slices.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 40 min
Instructions
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1
Heat oil in a pot over low heat. Add onion; cook and stir until soft and translucent. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Increase heat to medium and add all of the tomatoes; cook and stir until they start to break down, about 5 minutes. Add vegetable broth, bay leaves, and one sprig of basil. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until tomatoes have broken down and soup starts to thicken, about 20 to 30 minutes.
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2
Remove soup from heat and cool slightly. Remove bay leaves and basil.
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3
Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Reheat soup before serving and garnish with basil leaves from remaining sprig.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 40 min
Instructions
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1
Combine asparagus, 1/2 cup chicken broth, and onion in a large saucepan; cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until asparagus is tender, about 12 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a blender; puree until smooth and set aside.
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2
In the same saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper; cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.
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3
Increase heat to medium; add remaining chicken broth, stirring constantly, until the mixture boils. Stir in pureed asparagus and milk.
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4
Place sour cream in a small bowl and stir in a ladleful of hot soup until blended; pour into the soup and stir in lemon juice. Warm soup through to serving temperature, without boiling. Serve immediately.
Quick and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 40 min
Instructions
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1
Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and celery; cook until just tender, about 5 minutes.
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2
Stir in chicken broth, vegetable broth, egg noodles, chicken, carrots, basil, oregano, salt, and black pepper to combine; bring to a boil.
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Reduce heat; simmer for 20 minutes.
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Serve and enjoy!
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
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1
Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. add the chicken and saute for 5 to 10 minutes, or until browned; set aside.
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2
To the same saucepan add the onion, garlic and carrots and saute for about 3 to 5 minutes. Then add the broccoli, cauliflower, celery, tomatoes, chicken broth and reserved chicken.
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3
Stir together well, bring to a slow boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes. Stir in the spinach, hot pepper sauce and salt and pepper to taste.
Karyn's Cream of Crab Soup
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
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1
Blend flour and hollandaise sauce mix with 2 cups half-and-half in a medium bowl.
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2
Melt butter in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Slowly add hollandaise mixture, stirring constantly until thickened. Add remaining half-and-half, whipping cream, seafood seasoning, dry mustard, and celery seed. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to low.
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3
Add crabmeat and sherry, stirring gently until warmed through. Serve immediately.
Becca's Potato Bacon Soup
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
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1
Place cooked bacon in a large stockpot over medium-high heat; add potatoes, chicken broth, carrots, onion, parsley, celery seed, salt, and pepper. Bring mixture to a boil, cover stockpot with a lid, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring frequently and slightly mashing potatoes, until potatoes are fully cooked, at least 20 minutes. Add extra chicken broth if needed.
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2
Whisk milk and flour together in a bowl or measuring cup until frothy; slowly pour into soup while constantly stirring. Bring soup back to a simmer and cook until soup is thickened, 3 to 5 minutes.
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3
Remove soup from heat and stir in American cheese until completely melted. Ladle soup into serving bowls and garnish with green onions.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
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1
Gather the ingredients.
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2
Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and garlic powder; sauté until onions are tender.
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3
Add broth; stir in potatoes and carrots. Season with salt, pepper, and dill. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
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4
Stir in salmon, corn, evaporated milk, and cheese. Cook until heated through.