Chilepotatosoup Recipes

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed soup pot over medium heat until melted. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in potatoes and cook for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle in flour and stir until smooth. Cook for 1 minute, stirring continuously, until browned but not burned. Slowly pour in broth and stir until well incorporated; bring to a simmer. Cover and cook, stirring every 15 minutes, until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Be sure the soup does not boil.
• Stir in chile peppers, milk, cumin, oregano, and salt. Bring to a simmer, then immediately remove from heat; do not allow to boil. Add Monterey Jack cheese and Cheddar cheese; stir until melted. Season with pepper and serve.

Steps:

• Season the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon thyme, and salt and pepper to taste; set aside. Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, jalapeno and garlic and cook until soft, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a blender, then add the chiles, cilantro and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon thyme and puree until smooth. Return to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring, until the sauce thickens and turns deep green, about 5 minutes. Add the broth, hominy and chicken to the saucepan. Cover and simmer until the chicken is tender, about 10 minutes. Garnish with avocado, radishes and/or corn chips, if desired.
• Photograph by Antonis Achilleos

Steps:

• Heat the oil, 3 turns of the pan, in a soup pot or Dutch oven over medium to medium-high heat. Add the potatoes, season with salt and pepper and lightly brown them, 5 to 6 minutes. Add the garlic and onions, and partially cover the pan to wilt the onions, 5 to 6 minutes more. Add the chickpeas, stock and 3 cups water, and bring to a low boil. Add the pasta and cook to al dente. Add the spinach, separating it with your fingers as you stir it in. Adjust the salt and pepper and serve the soup in shallow bowls topped with grated cheese.
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Steps:

• Saute diced onions and chiles in 4 T butter until soft.
• Place diced/peeled potatoes into LARGE pot. Cover with chicken broth and water. Add in onions and chiles. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer. Cook until potatoes are very tender (mushy soft).
• Drain, reserving 1/2 of cooking water/broth. Return drained potatoes/chiles/onions to cooking pot.
• Place 1/2 of potatoes/onions/chiles into food processor or blender. Puree. Return to puree to cooking pot.
• Melt remainin 4 T butter in skillet. Stir in 4 T flour to make a blond roux. Stir in cream (or half-and-half) and reserved cooking broth until warm. Do not boil.
• Pour into potato mixture. Heat all until bubbly hot.
• While heating soup. Fry tortills strips until browned and drain well.
• Serve soup in individual bowls garnished with tortills strips and cheese. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Combine the first 6 ingredients.
• Bring to a boil and reduce heat, simmer 20 minutes.
• In a separate pan, melt the butter over low heat, add flour and blend until smooth.
• Cook the roux over low heat for 3 minutes, constantly moving it so it will not scorch.
• Strain liquid from potato/chile mixture and reserve 3 cups of the liquid.
• Mash half the potato/chile mixture, reserving the other half.
• Stir the reserved cooking liquid into the roux, raise the heat and whisk with a wire whip until thickened.
• Add milk to thickened liquid and continue to stir until it comes to a simmer.
• Turn off the heat, add mashed and unmashed potato/chile mixture.
• Serve topped with shredded cheese on top.

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp in the saucepan used for making the soup. Remove bacon. Add onion to hot bacon fat and sauté until limp. Add potatoes, boiling water and salt. Cover. Cook until potatoes are soft. Then mash, and add milk and seasonings. Heat thoroughly. Serve with grated cheese sprinkled over the top.

Steps:

• Cut cleaned and unpeeled potatoes into large cubes (about 1 to 1 1/2 inches). Bring water and potatoes to a low boil, cooking until the potatoes are tender.
• While potatoes are cooking, place oil and onions in a skillet and cook until onions are cooked soft and translucent but not brown. Add peppers, cumin, basil and garlic and continue cooking until peppers are tender, about 6-9 minutes.
• Place potatoes and three quarters of the water into a blender or food processor, reserving the remaining water. Blend until smooth.
• Return processed potatoes to pot, adding peppers and milk. Use reserved water to thin the soup further if desired. Warm over low heat until it is ready to serve.
• Garnish with scallions or cilantro if desired.