Gingered Carrot Soup is a delicious and healthy soup with the savory of tomatoes, onion, lemon and a nice little kick from fresh ginger.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Cool time5 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr25 minutesmins
Course: Soup
Keyword: carrots, ginger, healhty recipe
Servings: 4servings
Ingredients
3tbsp.butter
1 1/2c.chopped onionpreferable sweet onion
1tbsp.peeled and finely chopped fresh ginger
1tsp.minced garlic
1 1/4lbs.peeled chopped carrotsI thoroughly scrubbed vs. peeling to retain more nutrients.
1 14.5oz.can chopped diced tomatoesundrained
1 1/2tsp.grated lemon peel
6c.low salt chicken brothif using bouillon to make your own, use 5 tsp. bouillon & 6 c. water
1-3tsp.fresh lemon juicetaste after adding each tsp. to decide how much you prefer
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepperto taste
4tbspsour creamfor garnish
1small carrot gratedfor garnish
snipped fresh chivesfor garnish
Instructions
Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, saute for 4 minutes. Add ginger and garlic and saute 2 minutes. Add chopped carrots, tomatoes and lemon peel. Add 4 cups stock and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover partially and simmer until carrots are very tender 40-50 minutes.
Let soup cool for about 5 minutes, Puree soup in batches in blender.
Return soup to pot and stir in lemon juice and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Bring soup to simmer, thinning with the additional 2 cups of broth, to reach desired consistency (I prefer a lighter pureed soup, so I used all 6 cups.)
Ladle soup into bowls and top each with sour cream, grated carrot and snipped chives. Note - to drizzle sour cream, spoon into corner of small plastic ziplock bag and seal. Snip small piece off corner and squeeze sour cream through opening onto soup.