Lettuce Soup

Name: Lettuce Soup
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine; 2 tablespoons finely chopped onions; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 12 teaspoon salt; 18 teaspoon pepper; 3 cups chicken stock; 4 cups shredded head lettuce, firmly packed; 1 cup rich creamy milk

8 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
12 teaspoon salt
18 teaspoon pepper
3 cups chicken stock
4 cups shredded head lettuce, firmly packed
1 cup rich creamy milk

Directions

1

Melt butter in large saucepan.
2

Add onion and saute until soft and clear.
3

Mix in flour, salt and pepper.
4

Stir in chicken stock until it boils and thickens slightly.
5

Add lettuce.
6

Simmer for about 3 minutes.
7

Add creamy milk.
8

Heat through.
9

One thing I do different then the original recipe is I like to blend the soup just before serving with a hand blender until I get the consistency I like.
10

CAREFUL when doing this because it is very hot!