Mexican Shrimp Soup with Pasilla Chiles Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled, shells reserved
- 5 pasilla chiles, seeded, deveined, halved
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 6-1/2 cups water
- 5 medium tomatillos, husked
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 small white onion, chopped
- 1 (6-inch-diameter) corn tortilla
- 10 epazote leaves
- 8 lime wedges
How to cook Mexican Shrimp Soup with Pasilla Chiles:
- Cut 4 chile halves into fine strips. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in small skillet over high heat. Add chile strips and fry until crisp, about 10 seconds. Drain; reserve for garnish.
- Toast remaining chile halves in medium skillet over medium-high heat 1 minute. Transfer to bowl of cold water; soak 30 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water.
- Bring 1-1/2 cups water to boil in small saucepan. Add tomatillos and boil until soft, about 15 minutes. Drain.
- Puree tomatillos, soaked chiles, and garlic in blender. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add chile puree and stir over medium heat until puree thickens slightly, about 5 minutes.
- Bring 5 cups water to boil in large pot. Add shrimp shells and boil 10 minutes. Strain shrimp broth into chile puree. Toast tortilla directly atop burner until crisp and blackened in spots, about 4 minutes.Add tortilla to chile puree, then epazote leaves. Simmer over medium heat until tortilla is soft, about 15 minutes. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to saucepan; season with salt.
- Bring to boil. Add shrimp and simmer until just cooked through, about 3 minutes. Ladle soup into bowls; garnish with fried chile strips and serve with lime wedges.
Comment:
The Mexican name for the Shrimp Soup with Pasilla Chiles is Sopa de Camarones con Chile Pasilla.
This recipe for Mexican Shrimp Soup with Pasilla Chiles serves/makes: 4
The Mexican Shrimp Soup with Pasilla Chiles (Sopa De Camarones Con Chile Pasilla) recipe is adopted from Bon Appetit Magazine – May 2003.
Main Ingredient: Shrimp
Preparation Method: Soup/Stew
Cuisine: Mexican