Shrimp And Hominy Soup Recipes

SOUTHWESTERN SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, cumin, and 1/4 t. of the salt.
• Cover and refrigerate.
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the tomatoes and their juices, the pepper, and the remaining salt and bring to a simmer.
• Cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the jalapenos or hot sauce and hominy and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the shrimp and simmer until pink and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Ladle the soup into bowls, top with a spoonful of the cumin cream, and sprinkle with the cilantro.
• Serve the lime on the side.

SHRIMP AND HOMINY SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the chicken stock, if using homemade. Then, peel the shrimp and devein. Reserve the shrimp in a bowl and put the shrimp shells in a medium saucepan with the chicken broth, water, and ancho chiles. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and reserve the broth in the pan. 2. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large saucepan and cook the onion until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 more minute. Add the tomatoes, oregano, and cumin. Cook until the juices are reduced and the mixture is nearly dry. Pour the reserved broth through a mesh strainer directly into the soup pot, pushing to extract all the juices. Discard the solids. 3. Add the reserved shrimp, epazote, hominy, and salt to the pot. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer the soup until the shrimp are cooked, about 8 minutes. Divide the soup among 4 soup bowls. Add sliced avocado to each bowl. Serve hot, with lime wedges on the side.From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

SHRIMP AND WHITE CORN (HOMINY) CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in large stock pot.
• Saute onion, celery and carrot until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Add salt, pepper, cayenne and cloves.
• Add chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Using a hand held blender, blend until smooth (I don't have one of these so I use my food processor in batches or electric blender. Or if you like your chowder with the chunks in it, as the recipe owner does, you can skip this step completely).
• Add hominy and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Mix 1 cup of the half and half with flour until smooth and add to stock pot.
• Add sugar, remaining half and half and shrimp. Bring mixture to the point of almost boiling.
• Add cheese and heat thoroughly, stirring until cheese is melted and soup is creamy.

SMOKY SHRIMP, HOMINY AND TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Spread corn tortilla strips in single layer on paper towel. Let tortilla strips stand at room temperature overnight to dry.
• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add chopped onion, chopped carrot, chopped celery, minced garlic and dried oregano. Sauté until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Add chicken broth, golden hominy, crushed tomatoes and chipotle chilies; bring to simmer. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Soup can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cool slightly. Refrigerate soup uncovered until cold, then cover soup and refrigerate.)
• Bring soup to simmer over medium heat. Add shrimp and cook until opaque in center, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Stir in chopped fresh cilantro. Divide soup among 10 soup bowls. Top soup with dried tortilla strips, dividing equally. Serve soup, passing lime wedges separately.
• *Chipotle chilies canned in a spicy tomato sauce, sometimes called adobo, are available at Latin American markets, specialty foods stores and some supermarkets