Green Chilies Soup
"Most green chili soups I have encountered are a stew with a clear beef stock base. We found this variation which uses a milk base in a small local restaurant. This is a very versatile recipe because if you double the amount of butter and flour in step 1, you create a green chile sauce for enchiladas and any other smothered dish you want. We've used it with chicken and fish."
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
3-4
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3 cups milk
- 2 -3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup onion, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 3 -4 tomatillos
- 1 medium tomatoes, cut into chunks
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup roasted chopped green chili (buy them frozen in the supermarket)
- salt
- pepper
directions
- Cream soup base: Dissolve flour in 3 tbs butter and cook until flour taste is gone.
- Slowly stir in 2 cups of milk.
- Saute garlic, onion, tomatilloes, cilantro, and chilis in 1 tbsp butter.
- Hold back about 1/3 cup of these ingredients and liquify the rest in a blender.
- Pour 1 cup milk into bender.
- Put portion held back and tomato in blender and coarsely chop.
- Pour into soup mixture.
- Add 1 cup milk.
- (This step makes it easier to get everything out of the blender.) Stir into soup mixture.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat stirring constantly.
- Do not allow to boil.
- For a thicker soup, you can stir in 1 tablespoon corn starch dissolved in cold water or start with more flour and butter in your soup base.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Doug Thompson
Alto, New Mexico
High in the mountains of southern New Mexico is a cabin hidden among five
acres of Ponderosa Pines, Juniper, and Pinon trees. It is to here that I, my wife,
and our two cats retreated from the hurly burly of the city. One of the loudest
sounds we can hear is the flapping of wings of the Dark Eyed Juncos, White
Breasted Nuthatches, and Mountain Chickadees as they visit the bird feeder.
From mid-Spring to early fall, they are joined by hundreds of Hummingbirds at
their feeders and in the nearby meadow.
Early morning and late afternoon are the times to see the Mule deer as they pass
through the yard. Some of the bolder ones occasionally stop to raid the bird
feeders, especially in Winter.
In the night, with the windows open, you can hear the coyotes, their lonely howls
echoing through the canyons and valleys.
And not one of these creatures carries or drives a boombox!
