Creole Soup Recipes

CHICKEN CREOLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in 5 to 6 quart dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Cook onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic and chicken in butter 7 to 9 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is softened and chicken is no longer pink in the center.
• Stir in flour.
• Cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until flour is light brown.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except rice and water.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium low.
• Cover and cook 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chicken is tender.
• Meanwhile, cook rice in water as directed on package; stir cooked rice into soup.
• Remove bay leaves.

CREOLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , Add the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf before serving.

BIG ED'S CAJUN SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Saute green bell pepper, onions, and garlic until tender. Stir in vegetable juice, clam juice, and water. Season with thyme, basil, red pepper, bay leaf, and salt. Bring to a boil, and stir in rice. Reduce heat, and cover. Simmer 15 minutes, until rice is tender.
• Stir in shrimp, and cook 5 minutes, or until shrimp are opaque. Remove the bay leaf, and season with hot sauce.

CREOLE ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Slice the bread in thick slices and place on the rack in the oven. Heat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Check bread periodically throughout following steps and remove from oven when golden.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Cook onion in butter, stirring, until golden, 15 minutes. Sprinkle flour, pepper, garlic powder and Creole seasoning over onion and continue to cook until flour is golden brown as well. Stir in spaghetti sauce and soy sauce, cook 1 minute more. Stir in beef broth and simmer 10 minutes, or until onions reach desired consistency.
• Place slices of bread in ovenproof bowls and top with Swiss cheese. Ladle soup into bowls and top with Parmesan. Place in oven until Parmesan melts. Serve at once.

CREOLE FISH SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup kettle, combine the first eight ingredients; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add vegetables; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. , Add fish; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork. Discard bay leaves.

SHRIMP CREOLE SOUP FOR CROCK POT

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except shrimp in crockpot. Cook 3 to 4 hours on HIGH or 8 to 10 hours on LOW.
• Increase heat to HIGH and add cooked shrimp 15 minutes before serving.

CREOLE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a 4 quart pot cook bacon until crisp. Remove and save.
• 2. In the bacon fat saute the vegetables until crisp tender. I drain the fat or blot with a paper towel.
• 3. Stir in soup, tomatoes (breaking them up if needed), water, bay leaf and hot pepper sauce.
• 4. Bring just to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Add bacon. Discard bay leaf and serve passing more hot sauce if needed.
• 5. I have also added a can of green chilies to this soup and some sausage cut into slices or diced is a good addition.