Low Country Soup Recipes Recipe For Zucchini

ITALIAN ZUCCHINI SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown sausage with onion; drain excess fat. Add the next eight ingredients; cover and simmer 1 hour. Stir in zucchini and simmer 10 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese if desired.

EASY LOW FAT CURRIED ZUCCHINI SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft.
• Add the garlic and curry powder, stirring until fragrant. (2 minutes).
• Add the zucchini, potato, and broth. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender.
• Puree the soup (preferable in batches) in a blender until smooth, serve immediately OR let cool and refrigerate in an airtight container until chilled. Taste great cold OR hot.
• I personally used an immersion blender, which worked wonderfully and is a lot easy with less dishes to clean later.

COUNTRY STYLE ZUCCHINI SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and cut potatoes into 1/2 inch cubes.
• Cut celery into 1/2 inch pieces.
• Core, blanch, peel and cut tomatoes into 1/2 inch chunks.
• Cut marrow into 1/4 inch slices.
• In a large saucepan, heat oil and brown garlic. Discard garlic. Add potatoes, stir to coat and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add onion, celery, parsley, and oregano, and cook until onions are softened.
• Add stock, tomatoes, marrow, and salt and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until zucchini is tender.
• Pour soup into individual bowls and sprinkle freshly ground pepper and 1 teaspoon Parmesan cheese over each serving.
• Serve hot. Makes 6 servings.

LOWCOUNTRY OKRA SOUP

Steps:

• Set an 8-quart Dutch oven or similar pot over medium-high heat. When it is hot, add oil. When oil shimmers, lay in turkey necks and sear until evenly golden brown, about 4 minutes per side.
• Add 4 quarts water, smoked turkey, onion and a generous pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a heavy simmer, with the lid ajar to ensure the pot doesn't boil over. Check pot every 30 minutes to remove any scum that forms, and add water as needed to ensure that the meat is always submerged. Cook for about 3 hours or until all the meat is tender and broth is flavorful.
• While it's traditional to leave onion and bones in the soup (and suck meat off turkey neck as you eat), you can strain broth, remove onion and pick meat off bones at this point if desired, returning meat to broth. Either way, reduce broth to about 3 quarts, then stir in onion powder, paprika, cayenne and pepper, and season to taste with salt.
• Stir in tomatoes, then simmer uncovered for 20 minutes. Taste, and adjust seasoning for salt, then add okra, reduce heat to low and cook until okra is just tender, not mushy, and still has bite to it, no more than 10 minutes. The okra will naturally thicken the broth as it cooks.
• Stir in corn and beans, cook for another minute or 2, then serve immediately with rice, cornbread and hot sauce. Refrigerate leftovers for up to 5 days, or freeze for up to 1 month. Return to a boil for 3 minutes before serving.

LOW COUNTRY ZUCCHINI AND YELLOW SQUASH

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a medium saucepan and cook on medium heat, covered, 8-10 minutes.

ZUCCHINI BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter. Add zucchini and chicken broth. Simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes; add seasonings., Puree on low in a blender. Return to pan; stir in cream and heat through.