Chunky Gazpacho
- 3 cups tomato juice, plus more if needed
- 4 ripe tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 3 pickling cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and diced
- 4 scallions, sliced
- 1 red pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 jicama, peeled and diced
- 3 tomatillos, husks removed and diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1/4 cup extravirgin olive oil
- 2 jalepenos, seeded and diced
- 1 slice bread, crusts removed, soaked and squeezed
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Dash of Tabasco
- Combine the tomato juice, tomatoes, cucumbers, scallions, red pepper, jicama, and tomatillos in a large bowl.
- Remove about 1/4 of the vegetables and place in a blender along with the garlic, lime juice, olive oil, jalepenos, and bread.
- Blend until smooth.
- Return the puree to the bowl.
- Add more tomato juice to thin, if needed.
- Add the salt, pepper, and a dash of Tabasco.
- Chill for at least 2 hours.
- Serve the gazpacho in chilled soup bowls.
tomato juice, tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, scallions, red pepper, jicama, garlic, lime, extravirgin olive oil, jalepenos, bread, salt
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/chunky-gazpacho-recipe.html (may not work)