American soup: variety on the menu

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

American soup… Everyone imagines something different at this mention. Someone - a thick corn chowder, and someone - tomato soups. In any case, this is a great way to diversify your menu with new dishes from other cuisines. They are easy to prepare, since they are mashed soups, it makes no sense to cut the ingredients carefully, trying to fit them to the same size. The main thing is that they cook at about the same time. Also, the taste of such soups is adjusted in finished form by adding s alt and pepper. And the beautiful presentation of such dishes makes them a favorite of many.

Corn

One of the popular American soups is corn chowder. For cooking you need to take:

• 500 grams of corn;
• 200 ml fish broth;
• the same amount of water;
• 200g onion;
• one hundred grams of celery root;
• one hundred grams of shrimp;
• the same amount of squid;
• 50g zander;
• 20 g vegetable oil;
• garlic clove;
• a little greenery: cilantro and green onions - a couple of branches.
• a little dry pepperchile.

This thick American soup is famous for its high ingredients.

How to cook delicious soup? Recipe description

To begin with, the onion and celery root are peeled and cut into random pieces. In the future, all the ingredients are whipped with a blender, so you should not cut them in any particular way.

Fry onions and celery until soft, pour water and broth, season with corn. Just a couple of spoons can be left to decorate plates. Everything is brought to a boil. The ingredients are ground with a blender, tasted and seasoned with s alt and pepper. You can also add half a teaspoon of sesame oil for flavor.

Garlic, shrimp, squid and pike perch are fried in a frying pan, seasoned with s alt. When ready, sprinkle with chili and chopped herbs.

Put a thick soup on a plate, put fried seafood with herbs on top, decorate with additional corn. This American soup is hearty and rich.

Tomato soup with a bright accent

American cuisine soups often contain elements from the cuisines of the peoples of the world. So, tomato soup can be found in Italy. From this dish, the Americans took basil dressing, and from the French - a combination of tomatoes and celery. Also, tomato soup is always served with a cheese sandwich made from white bread and any kind of cheese.

For this American soup recipe take:

• two kilograms of ripe tomatoes;
• one largebulb;
• celery stalk;
• two small carrots;
• 300 ml of broth, any, but better than vegetable;
• s alt to taste;
• tablespoon of sugar;
• vegetable oil for frying.

For basil dressing you will need:

• bunch of basil leaves;
• 150 ml olive oil;
• a pinch of s alt.

Cooking tomato soup

To begin with, tomatoes are poured with boiling water, peeled and grains are removed as much as possible. Onions are cut into cubes. Celery cut into medium-sized pieces. Carrots are rubbed on a coarse grater.

To prepare an American soup, take a pot, heat a little vegetable oil in it. Add the onion, s alt and sugar, cook, stirring constantly, until the onion is soft. Add celery and carrots, cook until the latter are soft. Put the tomatoes together with the juice and broth, bring the mixture to a boil, then loosely cover the pan, reduce the heat and simmer everything until the tomatoes are soft.

A fragrant basil dressing is being prepared at this time. To do this, all three ingredients are combined and whipped with a blender.

The finished soup is whipped with a blender, tasted, and with the help of s alt, the taste is adjusted to the desired one. Remove the dish from the fire.

When serving, the soup is poured into a bowl, sprinkled with basil dressing on top. Served with cheese sandwiches.

How to make a cheese sandwich? You need two slices of bread, a couple of slices of cheese and a little vegetable oil. They put bread, cheese,cover with the second piece of bread. Sent to fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil until the cheese melts and the bread is fried.

Delicious soups are one of the main dishes of the diet of many. But old recipes get bored sooner or later. Then the cuisine of different nations comes to the rescue. Most American soups are noticeably different from Russian ones. Americans love thick soups. So, the traditional corn soup is a thick mass of vegetables, decorated with seafood. And the tomato sauce with spicy basil dressing is made from fleshy tomatoes. Hot cheese sandwiches are great for such soups.