(Dairy free) Creamy chicken (or veg) soup base… for soooo many things.
I’m on a soup kick, so I boiled a few pounds of cashews, blended them into silky smooth cream, and (after freezing most of it in cubes)
- Creamy Greek Chicken/Lemon/Rice (would be avgolemono, if I used eggs)
- Ditto the above, but with meatballs; sometimes meatballs, spinach, couscous cous, carrots, pasta for wedding soup
- Salmon Chowder
- Seafood Chowder (salmon, shrimp, cod, crab)
- Creamy Chicken & Stars (pastina pasta)
- Artichoke & Crab bisque
- Mint & Pea bisque w/ smoked salmon
- Fire roasted peppers & steak (creamy, rather than tomatoey, although I adore both versions)
- Cream of mushroom
^^^ All these soups I throw the base at, and add variants to change them up. The base to follow^^^
- Onions/Celery/Garlic minced and sautéed in olive oil until translucent.
- Cashew Cream
- Chicken Stock (or veg stock)
- Bay Leaf
- Salt & Pepper-Blend (black, white, pink, green, red, smoked)
Let simmer for at least an hour or two.
It’s a bit of a pain, as it takes a few hours to make the base, including boiling & creaming the cashews, but once done? It turns a few dozen soups into 10 min worth of work. As all most of the oomph is in the base, and it’s just adding a few key notes; like salmon & jalepeno, or artichoke & crab, or herbs & peas, or lemon & rice. I usually make about 2 gallons (8 liters) of base at a go. And eat at least half a litre “plain”, right here, right now, direct from the lamp. Looooove this stuff. Love adding things to this stuff.