Kale Potato Soup
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After our blender died from trying to create mayo from scratch for the pork sung buns, I invested in a Vitamix--something that I've been dreaming of since high school.
This was the first soup I made in it! Super warming and filling.
Ingredients
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- 4 potatoes
- a ton of kale with the stems removed--maybe 4 cups
- onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp oregano
- 8 cups broth (I used Better Than Bouillon)
- 2 cups milk
- salt & pepper to taste
Methodology
Chop up the onions and potato into coarse pieces. You don't need to get too fancy with this since everything is going to get blended up.
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Smash and peel the garlic. No need to mince it up.
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Heat some oil in a pot and add in the onion and garlic.
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When the onion starts to soften up and become translucent, add in the potato and saute until a little brown.
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Add the broth and allow the potatoes to simmer and cook more for about 10 minutes.
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Add in the kale and mix it in to wilt the leaves.
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When everything seems pretty cooked through, start blending until smooth.
Be careful not to overfill the blender especially since we're handling hot liquid. I had to do this in two batches.
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Transfer the blended mixture back to the pot and gently heat.
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Add the oregano, cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper to finish.
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Results
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This easy recipe made just enough for a week's worth of lunches, and the SO even gave it a taste and said he'd like to have some next time I make it.
Great success for our first blender soup!
For next time, I might just cook the kale for a longer amount of time so that the end product doesn't have such a fluorescent green color, but otherwise, it was delicious.