Avocado Soup

15 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 2 yellow onions, chopped, about 2 cups
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 jalapeno chiles, stemmed, seeded if desired, and minced
  • 4 to 5 ripe Haas avocados, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 1 quart chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup crema, creme fraiche or sour cream
  • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 2 ears corn, roasted or boiled, kernels cut off and reserved
  • 2 Italian Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • 2 scallions, washed and sliced into thin rings
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon crema, creme fraiche or sour cream

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat oil in Dutch oven over low heat; add onions, garlic, jalapenos, salt and pepper and cook, stirring, 10 minutes or until translucent.
  2. 2
    Add avocados and stock and bring to the simmer.
  3. 3
    Simmer 15 to20 minutes or until avocados are soft.
  4. 4
    Add cream, being back to a simmer, then puree with immersion blender until very smooth.
  5. 5
    Stir in cilantro and lime and serve, topped with corn and tomato garnish.
  6. 6
    Cooking the avocados preserves their bright color when chilled.
  7. 7
    Stir together corn kernels with all other ingredients in a small bowl.
  8. 8
    Serve 2 spoonfuls on top of Avocado Soup.
  9. 9
    Yield: 6 servings as garnish

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