Chilled Pea Soup with Mint
- 1 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 small yellow onion
- 5 c. low-sodium chicken broth
- 6 c. frozen peas
- salt and pepper
- 1 c. lightly packed mint leaves
- 1/2 c. heavy cream or plain Greek yogurt (optional)
- In a large pot, heat butter over medium-low heat.
- Add onions and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 8 minutes.
- Add broth, raise heat to high, and bring to a boil.
- Add peas, season with salt and pepper, and stir.
- Cover pot, bring broth back to a boil, and cook only until peas are thawed (overcooking will dull color), 2 to 3 minutes.
- Stir in mint.
- Working in batches, process soup in blender until smooth and pass through a strainer set over a large bowl, pushing on solids with a ladle until all of liquid is extracted.
- Discard solids.
- (Its not necessary to strain soup, but doing so gives it a silkier texture.)
- Refrigerate until cold, stirring occasionally so that it chills evenly and doesnt discolor in places.
- If soup is too thick after it chills, thin it with a little broth or water.
- Check seasonings, then serve drizzled with heavy cream or dolloped with yogurt, if you like.
- The soup will keep, covered in refrigerator, for about 2 days.
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unsalted butter, yellow onion, chicken broth, frozen peas, salt, lightly packed mint leaves, heavy cream
Taken from www.delish.com/recipefinder/chilled-pea-soup-mint-recipe-del0114 (may not work)