Best Chilled Sweet Corn Soup With Crab Avocado Salad Recipes

CHILLED CORN AND CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• In a small stock pot, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the shallot and garlic and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add the corn and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the almondmilk, kosher salt, white pepper and chipotle pepper, stir to combine and lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly, transfer half of the mixture to a blender and purée. Add the rest of the liquid and half of the remaining corn kernels, saving 1/2 cup of the kernels to add back into the soup after blending. At this point you can strain the pureé or leave it chunky. Stir in the lime juice to taste and season with more salt and pepper if desired and stir the reserved corn into the soup. Chill the soup for 2 hours.
• Garnish the soup with the crab meat, avocado, chopped cilantro, and serve.
• *This soup could also be served warm or at room temperature.

CHILLED CORN AND CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add corn, and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in onion. Let cool.
• Whisk together lemon juice and sugar. Drizzle in remaining tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons oil, whisking until combined.
• Combine corn-onion mixture, chile, crabmeat, and basil. Gently stir in lemon dressing, salt, and pepper. Cover, and refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes (or up to 2 hours). Serve garnished with basil leaves.

CHILLED SWEET CORN SOUP WITH CRAB & AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• CORN SOUP: Heat olive oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion & celery; sprinkle with salt & pepper & sauté until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add 5 cups of water, corn kernels, & thyme sprigs. Bring to boil, reduce heat to med-low, & simmer until corn is very tender, about 20-25 minutes. Cool, discard thyme. Puree soup in pot with hand blender (or in batches in blender) until smooth. Pour soup through strainer set over large bowl, pressing on solids in strainer to release liquid. Discard solids in strainer. Thin with more water if desired. Season with salt & pepper. Cover & chill until cold (at least 4 hours). CRAB & AVOCADO SALAD: Whisk orange juice, 1/4 cup olive oil, lime juice, & lemon juice in large bowl. Fold crab & avocados into dressing. Mound salad in center or bowls. Ladle soup around salad. Sprinkle with chives, drizzle with olive oil & serve.

CHILLED CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the kernels of corn from the cobs. Reserve the cobs.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large, deep pot and over medium-low heat. Add the corn, garlic and onions. Sweat until the corn is slightly brown and the onions are translucent.
• Carefully add the cobs and fill the pot with water until the corn is covered. Raise the heat and boil for 30 minutes.
• Remove the corn from the heat and allow to cool. Then chill for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.
• 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.
• For the kids, season the soup with salt and serve cold, garnished with caramel corn.
• Serve the soup cold, garnished with a few pieces of honeydew melon.
• 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.

CHILLED SWEET CORN BROTH WITH CRAB AND AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and celery and saute for 5 minutes. Stir in the corn, thyme, and water and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the thyme sprigs. Remove the soup in batches to a blender and puree until smooth. Strain the soup through a fine sieve. Season with salt and white pepper. Add slightly more salt than needed to compensate for the cold serving temperature. Cover and chill for 3 hours or longer. Divide the Crab and Avocado Salad between 6 chilled bowls. Arrange the salad in a ring in each bowl. Spoon the soup into the center. Garnish with chopped fresh chives, freshly ground white pepper and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.
• Whisk the orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, and olive oil in a bowl. Season with salt and white pepper. Fold in the crab meat and avocados. Adjust seasonings. Cover and

CHILLED CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Cut off tips of corn and stand in a wide shallow bowl. With a sharp knife, cut kernels off cobs. Place cobs in a large pot, along with milk and 6 cups water; bring to a boil over high. Reduce to a simmer and cook until liquid is slightly reduced, 15 minutes. Discard cobs.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil and butter over medium-high. Add shallots and garlic; cook until soft and translucent, 2 minutes. Add corn kernels and cook until crisp-tender, 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer corn to pot with milk mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until corn is soft, 15 minutes.
• In batches, fill blender halfway with soup and puree until smooth. (Use caution when blending hot liquids: Remove cap from lid and cover opening with a dish towel.) Pour liquid through a fine-mesh sieve set over a large bowl, pressing on solids; discard solids. Season soup with salt and pepper and refrigerate until cool, 1 hour (or, covered, up to overnight). Divide chilled soup among bowls and top with bell pepper, scallions, and cilantro.

CHILLED SWEET CORN SOUP WITH CRAB AND AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• FOR CORN SOUP: Heat oil in heavy large suacepan over mediuim heat. Add onion and celery; sprinkle with salt and pepper and saute until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add 5 cups water, corn kernels, and thyme sprigs. Bring to boil, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer until corn is very tender, about 25 minutes. Cool slightly. Discard thyme. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Pour soup through strainer set over large bowl, pressing on solids in strainer to release liquid. Discard solids. Thin with water if desired. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and chill until cold, about 4 hours. Can be made 1 day ahead. FOR CRAB AND AVOCADO SALAD: Whisk orange juice, 1/4 c olive oil, lime juice, and lemon juice in large bowl. Fold crab and avocado into dressing. Season with salt and pepper.Salad can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Mound salad in center of bowls. Ladle soup around salad, dividing equally. Sprinkle with chives, drizzle with olive oil and serve.

CHILLED AVOCADO SOUP WITH CRAB MEAT SALAD

Steps:

• To make the soup, puree the avocados and garlic in a food processor until smooth. Place in a bowl and whisk in the buttermilk and milk or cream until desired consistency is reached. Depending on the avocado, more or less milk or cream may be needed. Add salt and pepper and chill.
• To make the crab meat salad, combine the lime juice, mustard and salt and pepper in a bowl. Whisk in the olive oil. Stir in the capers and peppercorns. Add the crab meat and toss. Adjust the seasoning and chill.
• Ladle the soup into 6 bowls, add dollops of crab meat salad and garnish with cilantro leaves.