Poblano Vichyssoise with Lime

Name: Poblano Vichyssoise with Lime
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams baking potatoes, like russets (about 2); 473 milliliters half-and-half or light cream; 4 mediums leeks; 1 slice Garnish: halved lime; 59 milliliters fresh lime juice, or to taste; 473 milliliters milk; 1 medium onion, chopped; 340 grams poblano chile peppers (about 4 large), roasted, procedure follows; 2 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sour cream; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter; 1 liters water

Need a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian side dish? Poblano Vichyssoise with Lime could be a super recipe to try. This recipe makes 10 servings with 295 calories, 5g of protein, and 22g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. This recipe from Foodnetwork requires baking potatoes, water, butter, and poblano chile peppers.

Instructions

Peel and dice potatoes and in a bowl combine with water. Discard dark green tops of leeks and chop remaining leeks. In another bowl, soak leeks in water to cover, agitating occasionally to dislodge any sand, 5 minutes. Lift leeks out of water and drain in a colander.

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Potato

Leek

Water

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Colander

Bowl

In a heavy kettle cook leeks and onion in butter over low heat, stirring occasionally, until leeks are softened.

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Butter

Leek

Onion

Add potatoes with water and salt, and simmer, covered, until potatoes are very soft about 40 minutes.

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Potato

Water

Salt

Add milk and half-and-half or cream and bring just to a boil, stirring.

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Cream

Milk

In a blender, puree soup with half of the chiles in batches until smooth, straining as pureed through a very fine sieve into a large bowl, and stir in sour cream and lime juice. Chill soup, covered, until very cold and up to 1 day.

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Lime Juice

Sour Cream

Chili Pepper

Soup

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Sieve

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Cut remaining chiles into small dices.

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Chili Pepper

Serve soup garnished with lime slices and remaining diced chiles.

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Lime Slice

Chili Pepper

Soup

To roast peppers: Using a long-handled fork, char peppers over an open flame or on a rack set over an electric burner, turning, until skins are blackened, 4 to 6 minutes. (Alternatively, broil peppers on rack of a broiler pan under preheated broiler about 2 inches from heat, turning every 5 minutes, for 15 to 20 minutes, or until skins are blistered and charred).

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Peppers