Recipe: How to Make Carrot – Ginger Soup

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Carrot – Ginger Soup

Yield: 6 servings.

Ingredients :

  • 2 tablespoons peanut oil.
  • 2 cups coarsely chopped onion.
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger.
  • 2 large garlic cloves, minced.
  • 8 cups vegetable stock.
  • 3 pounds carrots, peeled and sliced into 1-inch rounds.
  • 2 cups milk.
  • Kosher salt.
  • Freshly ground pepper.
  • 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped

Directions :

  • Heat the oil in a medium stock pot.
  • Add the onion and saut over medium heat for 3 minutes.
  • Add the ginger and garlic and cook about 2 minutes, until the garlic is lightly browned.
  • Add the stock and carrots to the saut and simmer over medium heat for about 45 minutes, until the carrots are very tender.
  • Transfer the carrots and stock in batches to a food processor and pure with milk.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Garnish each bowl of soup with chopped peanuts. Serve immediately.