Chilled Corn Soup

Name: Chilled Corn Soup
Prep time: 5 h 15 min
Cook time: 5 h 15 min
Total time: 5 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 can coconut milk; 4 servings Caramel corn; 4 servings Chipotle in adobo; 24 ears of corn, shucked; 4 servings Chopped fresh cilantro; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 honeydew melon, flesh scooped out with a small melon baller; 4 servings Lime juice; 2 onions, diced; 4 servings Salt; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

Chilled Corn Soup is a gluten free and vegan main course. This recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 22g of protein, 39g of fat, and a total of 851 calories. This recipe serves 4. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 5 hours and 15 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cilantro, caramel corn, lime juice, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the honeydew melon you could follow this main course with the Salted Honeydew-Grape Granita as a dessert.

Instructions

Cut the kernels of corn from the cobs. Reserve the cobs.

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Corn

Heat the vegetable oil in a large, deep pot and over medium-low heat.

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Vegetable Oil

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Pot

Add the corn, garlic and onions. Sweat until the corn is slightly brown and the onions are translucent.

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Garlic

Onion

Corn

Carefully add the cobs and fill the pot with water until the corn is covered. Raise the heat and boil for 30 minutes.

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Water

Corn

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Pot

Remove the corn from the heat and allow to cool. Then chill for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.

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Corn

Remove the cobs with tongs, and use an immersion blender to blend the corn and onions. This is the soup base. To this add the coconut milk and blend again. Separate the soup base into the desired portions for adults and kids. Season the adult version with salt, lime juice and chipotle adobo... this stuff is hot, so do as much or as little as you want.

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Coconut Milk

Lime Juice

Chipotle Chiles

Onion

Soup

Corn

Salt

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Immersion Blender

Tongs

For the kids, season the soup with salt and serve cold, garnished with caramel corn.

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Caramel Popcorn

Salt

Soup

Serve the soup cold, garnished with a few pieces of honeydew melon.

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Honeydew Melon

Soup

This recipe was created by a contestant during a cooking competition. The Food Network Kitchens have not tested it for home use, therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.