8 sopa a soup Recipes

dried garbanzo beans , soaked overnight in 4 cups salted water, foot, bacon, chopped, ham, chopped, chorizo sausage or 1 sweet italian sausage, cut into 1/2 inch rounds, green pepper, chopped (about 1/3 a pepper), red pepper, chopped (about 1/3 a pepper), onion, chopped (about 1/2 a medium onion), garlic clove, minced, water, pumpkin or 3/4 lb butternut squash, peeled and diced, fresh cilantro stems (leaves and stems ) or 2 fresh parsley sprigs, chopped (leaves and stems), potato, peeled and diced, cabbage, chopped, tomato paste, kosher salt , to taste

butter, olive oil, onion, diced, garlic, hot or mild roasted tomatillo salsa (including roasted tomatillos, chilies, onion, cilantro and lime juice), tomatillo sauce (this can be made fresh, just like a tomato sauce or, you can buy this at some specialty markets or sections. it might also be labeled as green taco sauce ie la victoria brand), mild or hot diced chilies(canned is fine , include the liquid), chicken stock (or use veggie for a vegetarian soup), baking soda (to help slightly reduce acidity), mexican crema (table cream-this is sold in either the mexican section of larger markets or even near the other canned milks like evaporated. nestle makes 1 that seems to be fairly widely available), kosher or sea salt and fresh ground pepper, fresh cilantro for serving, tortilla strips for serving

white sweet potatoes, peeled, quartered, carrots, peeled , cut into 1/2 -inch rough chunks, white potato, peeled and rough cut, butternut squash , blue hubbard squash (peeled and cubed) or 1 cup sweet pumpkin (peeled and cubed), green beans, cut into 2-inch lengths, elbow macaroni (optional,), kale (or a mix, coarsly chopped) or 2 cups cabbage (or a mix, coarsly chopped), olive oil or 1/3 cup extra virgin, coarse salt (or to taste ), fresh ground pepper

lean salt pork (may use 2 tbsp olive oil), lamb chop , all visible fat removed, onion, finely chopped, tomato, medium, very ripe, peeled, seeded, coarsely chopped, kidney beans, cooked, potato, large, peeled, roughly chopped in 1/2- 1- inch pieces, carrots, peeled, cooked, mashed, sausage , chouriso, broth (from a boiled dinner, or water, or combo), green beans, fresh, trimmed, cut in 1-inch pieces, elbow macaroni, savoy cabbage, roughly chopped, salt , coarse sea

olive oil, ground annatto seed (or sweet paprika), chopped scallion (white part and 1-inch of the green), chopped leek (white part and 1-inch of the green), ripe tomato, peeled and chopped (5-6 oz), garlic cloves, mashed into a paste with 1 tsp salt & 1/2 tsp pepper, ground cumin, lean pork , trimmed of fat and cut into 1/2-inch cubes, water, waxy potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes, cooked quinoa (see instructions below), unsalted dry roasted peanuts (or 1/4 cup natural peanut butter), milk, frozen peas, fresh basil leaves, chopped, cayenne pepper, fresh parsley leaves, minced, for garnish

sofrito , recipe follows, fish stock or clam juice, clams, cleaned, sea bass fillet, cut into large chunks, shrimp (16/20 per lb size), cleaned, mussels, cleaned, calamari (squid), cleaned and sliced, tomato, small diced, yellow pepper, small diced, limes, juiced, cilantro, salt and pepper, to taste, bacon (about 1 strip), whole (smoked if available), olive oil, chopped red bell pepper, chopped yellow bell pepper, chopped red onion, garlic, minced habanero or scotch bonnet, minced jalapeno, saffron, dry spanish sherry, cream , if desired