Native Corn Soup Recipes

MOHAWK INDIAN CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork in hot oil until browned on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Stir water, beef bouillon, and chicken bouillon together in a large pot over medium-high heat until bouillon dissolves. Add pork, rutabaga, carrots, and celery; bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until vegetables tender, about 40 minutes.
• Stir hominy and kidney beans into pork-vegetable mixture and simmer until hominy and meat are tender, about 30 minutes more. Season with salt and ground black pepper.

NAVAJO DRIED CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash dried corn thoroughly, soak overnight, drain when ready to use.
• Boil dried corn until tender - about 3 1/2 hours in 6 cups water.
• Brown meat, add onion and garlic, saut‚ together until tender, drain off excess fat.
• Add pork, chili pods, oregano, salt, pepper and 6 cups water to cooked corn.
• Simmer for 1 hour or until the meat and corn are tender.
• servings based on one cup not soup bowl.
• Note:.
• Dried corn may be cooked in a pressure cooker for 45 minutes at about 15 lb. pressure.
• Phil's notes: An Old Smoky Ham soup base may be used in place of the salt pork. Please when dealing with the chilie pods make sure you don't touch your eyes. Wash your hands first and if for some reason you are cutting them, you might need a second washing to get rid of the burn. Note with the Old Smoky Ham base I also used Copes Toasted Dried Corn.

TRINIDAD CORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot heat oil.
• Add the onions and garlic and saute until fragrant.
• Add the potatoes, carrots, celery, thyme and pimento peppers and cook for about 5 mins stirring constantly.
• Add the split peas and stock.
• Add salt and black pepper to taste.
• Add the scotch bonnet pepper and if using the coconnut milk.
• Cover the pot and simmer for about an hour until peas are soft.
• Use an immersion or ordinary blender and puree soup to a thick and creamy consistency and return to the pot.
• Add corn and dumplings and cook for a further 20 minutes until corn is cooked and the dumplings float to the surface.
• Add culantro, remove from the heat, taste and adjust seasonings.
• If soup is too thick at any time, add water.

CREAMY CORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine the onion, garlic, parsley and butter or margarine. Saute for about 5 minutes, or until onions are tender.
• Add the flour, stirring well, to make a pasty mixture. Whisk in the milk and the broth. Add the corn and the cream cheese and allow to heat through. Add the garlic salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir together and serve.