8 soup sopa a 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

chiles pasillas, washed, seeded, deveined plus 2 long chiles pasillas, all fried in a little oil, chiles anchos, washed, seeded, deveined and fried in a little oil, tomatoes, peeled, white onion, sliced, garlic, chopped, olive oil or corn oil, epazote or cilantro, chicken broth, salt, vegetable oil, tortillas, sliced in thin strips and dried for 1 day, chiles pasillas , fried in a little oil or lard, avocados, finely chopped, fresh cheese , such as panela or feta, finely crumbled, creme fraiche , or 1 cup sour cream mixed with 1/4 half-and-half

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

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

white onion, peeled and minced, garlic clove, peeled and minced, butter, ears corn , kernels cut off, poblano chiles , roasted, peeled, seeded, and cut in strips, zucchini, coarsely chopped, mushrooms, sliced, squash blossoms, stems and sepals removed, blossoms coarsely chopped, chicken broth, corn tortillas, cut in small squares and fried until crispy in a little vegetable oil (feel free to substitute store-bought corn chips, if you wish), creme fraiche or sour cream