Yellow Squash and Split Pea Soup with Shrimp

Name: Yellow Squash and Split Pea Soup with Shrimp
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 1 liters fat-skimmed chicken broth; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoons ground dried turmeric; 1 stalk fresh lemon grass (10 to 12 in. long); 1 teaspoon olive oil; 227 grams onion (about , peeled and diced; 0 teaspoons About pepper; 170 grams peeled, deveined rock shrimp, thawed if frozen, rinsed; 0 teaspoons About salt; 118 milliliters whipping cream; 237 milliliters dried yellow split peas; 454 grams cups diced (1/4 in.) yellow summer squash (about

Yellow Squash and Split Pea Soup with Shrimp

Yellow Squash and Split Pea Soup with Shrimp might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and primal recipe has 228 calories, 13g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. If you have summer squash, peas, whipping cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the yellow split peas you could follow this main course with the Banana Split Brownie Pie as a dessert.

Instructions

In a 12- by 15-inch baking pan, mix squash with olive oil; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper and mix to coat.

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Olive Oil

Pepper

Squash

Salt

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Baking Pan

Bake in a 400 regular or convection oven, stirring occasionally, until squash is tender when pierced, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Squash

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Oven

Meanwhile, in a 5- to 6-quart pan over medium heat, melt butter.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add onion and stir occasionally until very limp, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Onion

Add broth and wine, increase heat, and bring to a simmer.

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Broth

Wine

Add shrimp and simmer, uncovered, just until pink on the outside and opaque but still moist-looking in center of thickest part (cut to test), about 2 minutes. With a strainer or a slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to a bowl.

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Shrimp

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Sieve

Bowl

Rinse lemon grass; cut off and discard tough tops and root end.

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Lemon Grass

Remove and discard tough outer layers. With the flat side of a knife or a mallet, crush tender inner stalk.

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Add to pan along with cumin, turmeric, and split peas. Bring to a boil over high heat, then cover, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas are very tender and almost completely broken down, about 50 minutes.

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Split Peas

Turmeric

Cumin

Peas

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Frying Pan

Stir in all but about 1/4 cup roasted squash. In a blender or food processor, working in batches if necessary, whirl soup until smooth. Return to pan over low heat and stir in cream and salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper