Trinidad Corn Soup Recipe

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Ingredients:

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2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 onions, chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 lb potato, peeled and quartered
2 carrots, diced
1/3 cup chives, chopped
1/4 cup celery, finely chopped
1/3 cup fresh thyme, chopped
3/4 cup yellow split peas
2 pimento pepper (optional)
8 cups chicken stock
1 scotch bonnet peppers or 1 habanero pepper, left whole
1/2 cup coconut milk (optional)
6 ears corn , cut into 2inch pieces
8 dumplings (or more )
1/4 cup culantro, chopped ( substitute cilantro)
salt
black pepper

Directions:

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.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	552 Kcal (2311 kJ)
Calories from fat	232.17 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	25.8g	40%
Cholesterol	89.18mg	30%
Sodium	2604.87mg	109%
Potassium	1140.18mg	24%
Total Carbs	59.8g	20%
Sugars	11.52g	46%
Dietary Fiber	5.91g	24%
Protein	28.26g	57%
Vitamin C	13.5mg	23%
Vitamin A	0.7mg	24%
Iron	5.4mg	30%
Calcium	90.7mg	9%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	72.73 Kcal (305 kJ)
Calories from fat	30.59 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	3.4g	40%
Cholesterol	11.75mg	30%
Sodium	343.22mg	109%
Potassium	150.23mg	24%
Total Carbs	7.88g	20%
Sugars	1.52g	46%
Dietary Fiber	0.78g	24%
Protein	3.72g	57%
Vitamin C	1.8mg	23%
Vitamin A	0.1mg	24%
Iron	0.7mg	30%
Calcium	11.9mg	9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

salty
savory
bitter
sweet

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