Indulge in the symphony of flavors that is avocado and cilantro soup, a culinary masterpiece that tantalizes your taste buds with its creamy texture and vibrant green hue. Originating from the vibrant culinary traditions of Mexico, this delectable soup has captivated the hearts and palates of food enthusiasts worldwide.
Prepared with fresh avocados, fragrant cilantro, and a medley of zesty spices, this soup embodies the essence of freshness and vitality. Accompanying this delightful soup is a trio of equally enticing recipes that offer a delightful culinary journey. Embark on a flavor adventure with the zesty Avocado Salsa, a vibrant and refreshing condiment that adds a burst of flavor to any dish.
Explore the depths of Mexican cuisine with the authentic Guacamole, a classic avocado-based dip that showcases the avocado's rich and creamy texture. And for a satisfying and wholesome meal, savor the hearty Black Bean Soup, a tantalizing fusion of black beans, aromatic spices, and the velvety touch of avocado.
These accompanying recipes perfectly complement the Avocado and Cilantro Soup, offering a harmonious blend of flavors and textures that will leave you craving for more. Get ready to embark on a culinary expedition that celebrates the beauty of fresh ingredients, vibrant flavors, and the culinary heritage of Mexico. Prepare to tantalize your taste buds and embark on a journey of exquisite flavors with these delightful recipes.
CREAMY AVOCADO SOUP
Avocado soup is a delicious no-cook soup recipe that takes only minutes to make. Its fresh flavor and creamy texture make it both summery and cozy. Serve it chilled, straight from the blender, or warm it gently on a cool day.
Provided by Kristen Stevens
Categories Soup
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place the ingredients into your blender and blend on medium-high speed until smooth. Taste and add more salt, if wanted. If you'd like warm soup, pour it into a pot and heat it gently on medium heat. Do not let it boil.
- Serve on its own or with any of the optional toppings.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 ¼ cups, Calories 180 kcal, Sugar 3 g, Sodium 1530 mg, Fat 15 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Carbohydrate 14 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 2 g, UnsaturatedFat 12 g
CHILLED AVOCADO-CILANTRO SOUP
From San Francisco Flavors. This soup is for all the avocado lovers! It even tastes great without the cilantro and without being chilled. Preparation time does not include time in the refrigerator.
Provided by cookiedog
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a blender or a food processor, combine 2 of the avocados, the stock or broth, lime juice, yogurt, and sour cream. Blend until smooth.
- Add the tomato and cilantro. Pulse until the tomato is coarsely chopped, not puree.
- Pour into a bowl and season with salt. Coarsely chop the remaining avocado half and stir into the soup. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Ladle into bowls and serve with a dash of hot sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 213.7, Fat 16.2, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 12.8, Sodium 198.5, Carbohydrate 13.7, Fiber 5.3, Sugar 4.2, Protein 6.1
SPICY LIME AVOCADO SOUP
My husband tried to tell me not to submit this recipe... he doesn't want the whole world to know about it, but I say share what you have! Serve with warm tortilla chips and a nice large mojito. Top with sour cream or creme fraiche if desired.
Provided by SerenaBloom
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Chicken Soup Recipes
Time 52m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Add chicken; boil until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 7 minutes. Drain.
- Run cool water over chicken to speed cooling process. Shred or finely slice chicken.
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add 1/2 onion, lime juice, 1/2 cup cilantro, jalapeno peppers, and garlic until onion is slightly greenish in color, about 5 minutes.
- Combine 4 cups water and bouillon powder in a small bowl. Pour into the pot. Let cook until just heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir chicken into the pot.
- Ladle soup into 4 bowls. Top with remaining 1/2 onion, 1/2 cup cilantro, avocado, and queso fresco.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 495.3 calories, Carbohydrate 29.1 g, Cholesterol 34.3 mg, Fat 37.4 g, Fiber 15.7 g, Protein 18.7 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 538.9 mg, Sugar 4.8 g
CHICKEN SOUP WITH LIME AND AVOCADO
When I lived in France, in the '80s and early '90s, I hardly ever ate avocados. Those sold in the markets were smooth, thin-skinned varieties grown mostly in Israel. They were watery, not as creamy or nutty-tasting as Haas avocados, the dark, pebbly-skinned variety that we get in California. "Poor man's butter," they used to call avocados when my father was a child. (Now they would more aptly be described as "rich man's butter.") Simple Mexican soups like this one often include avocado, which is diced or sliced and added to the soup when it's ladled into bowls.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories dinner, easy, quick, weekday, soups and stews, main course
Time 30m
Yield Serves four
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring the chicken stock to a simmer, add the onion, garlic and chile, and simmer 15 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, and simmer for another five minutes. Taste and adjust salt, then stir in the chicken breast and chopped cilantro. Cover and let sit for five minutes. Add the lime juice.
- Divide the avocado between four soup bowls. Ladle in the soup, place a slice of lime on each bowl, and serve with crisp corn tortillas.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 342, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 28 grams, Fat 15 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 25 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 732 milligrams, Sugar 12 grams
CHILLED AVOCADO-CUCUMBER SOUP WITH CROSTINI
If you're a gazpacho fan try this, its verdant cousin, packed with refreshing cucumbers, cilantro, and scallions, plus avocados for dairy-free creaminess. Pop the ingredients in the blender, chill, and serve this cool soup with a platter of good ham, jammy eggs, blanched asparagus, and crisp crostini for DIY tartines.
Provided by Shira Bocar
Categories Food & Cooking Soups, Stews & Stocks Soup Recipes
Time 1h35m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a blender, combine cucumbers, avocados, scallions, cilantro, jalapeño, lime juice, and 1 cup water; blend until smooth. Season with salt and stir in up to 1/4 cup more water until consistency is like that of heavy cream. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F. Arrange baguette slices on a rimmed baking sheet. Brush both sides with oil; season with salt and pepper. Bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Prepare an ice-water bath. Bring a pot of generously salted water to a boil. Add asparagus; cook until bright green and tender, 2 to 3 minutes, depending on thickness. Transfer to a plate; let cool slightly.
- Return water to a boil; gently lower in eggs with a slotted spoon and cook 7 minutes. Transfer to ice bath and let stand 5 minutes. Peel and halve eggs; season to taste.
- Ladle soup into bowls and drizzle with oil. Serve with crostini, asparagus, eggs, and ham.
SWEET CORN SOUP WITH AVOCADO CREAM AND CILANTRO
Steps:
- Heat a large saucepan over medium heat for 1 minute. Add the butter, and when it foams, add the potato, onion, chile, and thyme. Reduce the heat to low, and cook about 10 minutes, until the onion is translucent and the potatoes release their starch and appear creamy.
- Turn the heat to high, and add the corn, cilantro sprigs, the jalapeño, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and some pepper. Stir to coat the corn in the butter, onion, and potato mixture. Pour 10 cups of water into the pot and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Turn the heat down to low, and simmer about 30 minutes, until the corn and potatoes are tender but not mushy.
- Meanwhile, purée the avocado and crème fraîche in a food processor until smooth. Season with the lime juice, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Strain the soup over a large bowl, and discard the chile de árbol. Put half the corn mixture into the blender with 1/2 cup of the liquid. (You will need to purée the soup in batches.) Process at the lowest speed until the corn is puréed. Then, pour in 1 cup of liquid. Turn the speed up to high, and pour in more liquid, a little at a time, until the soup has the consistency of heavy cream. Blend at least a minute, until the soup is completely smooth. Transfer to a container, and repeat with the second half of the soup. (You may not need all the liquid.) Taste the soup for balance and seasoning.
- To serve family-style, put the soup in a warm tureen and scatter the cilantro leaves over the top. Serve the avocado cream on the side. Or serve in bowls and garnish each with a generous dollop of avocado cream and three cilantro leaves.
AVOCADO SOUP WITH CHICKEN AND LIME
Thin strips of chicken breast are simmered in broth with jalapenos, onion, garlic and lime and then combined with avocado and topped with crisp corn tortilla strips in this spicy soup.
Provided by Michelle
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Arrange tortilla strips on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook onion, garlic, and jalapenos in oil until lightly browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in chicken, chicken broth, lime juice, tomato, salt and pepper. Gently simmer until chicken is no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Stir in avocado and cilantro and heat through, 3 to 5 minutes. Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with tortilla strips to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 293.7 calories, Carbohydrate 24.9 g, Cholesterol 37.3 mg, Fat 15.3 g, Fiber 6.5 g, Protein 16.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 1047.6 mg, Sugar 4.3 g
COLD AVOCADO CORN SOUP WITH CILANTRO OIL
Crema - a Mexican cultured heavy cream similar to sour cream - is often drizzled over enchiladas and tostadas and added to side dishes and sauces. Here it lends a tangy balance to rich avocado and sweet corn.
Categories Soup/Stew Fruit Herb Vegetable Freeze/Chill Avocado Corn Summer Chill Cilantro Gourmet
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Make soup:
- Roast corn on rack of gas burner over high heat, turning occasionally with tongs, until kernels are charred in spots, 4 to 5 minutes. (Alternatively, heat a dry well-seasoned cast-iron skillet and roast corn over moderately high heat, turning occasionally, about 10 minutes.) Transfer corn to a cutting board and, when cool enough to handle, cut kernels from cob with a sharp knife, then cut cob into thirds.
- Bring kernels, cob pieces, 4 cups water, garlic, salt, and 1/2 cup onion to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan and boil until liquid is reduced to about 3 cups, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and cool, uncovered. Discard cob pieces.
- Purée corn mixture along with chile and remaining 3/4 cup onion in a blender, then pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding solids. Return broth to cleaned blender.
- Quarter, pit, and peel 1 avocado, then add to blender with 2 tablespoons lime juice and purée until smooth. Transfer soup to a bowl and cover surface with plastic wrap. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill soup at least 1 hour.
- Prepare cilantro oil while soup chills:
- Purée cilantro, oil, and salt in cleaned blender, scraping down sides of blender several times. Pour oil into cleaned fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl and let drain 15 minutes (do not press on solids). Discard solids.
- Assemble soup:
- Halve and pit remaining avocado and scoop small balls from flesh with melon-ball cutter, then toss gently with remaining tablespoon lime juice in a bowl.
- Whisk together crema and remaining 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl until smooth.
- Season soup with salt and ladle into 6 shallow soup bowls. Divide avocado balls among bowls, then drizzle with crema and cilantro oil.
Tips:
- Choose ripe avocados: Use avocados that are ripe but not overripe. Overripe avocados will have a stringy texture and a bland flavor.
- Use fresh cilantro: Fresh cilantro adds a bright, citrusy flavor to the soup. If you don't have fresh cilantro, you can use dried cilantro, but it will not have the same flavor.
- Don't overcook the soup: The soup should be cooked until the vegetables are tender, but not mushy. Overcooking the soup will make it bland and watery.
- Season the soup to taste: Taste the soup and adjust the seasonings as needed. You may want to add more salt, pepper, or lime juice.
Conclusion:
Avocado and cilantro soup is a delicious, healthy, and easy-to-make soup. It's perfect for a light lunch or dinner, and it's also a great way to use up leftover avocados. This soup is also a good source of vitamins and minerals, including vitamin C, potassium, and fiber. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy soup recipe, give avocado and cilantro soup a try.
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