Creole shrimp soup from Louisiana
Ingredients (2 servings)
- 250 g potatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 chili
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 red paprika
- 100 g spinach
- 2.5 tbsp canola oil
- 300 ml coconut milk
- 600 ml vegetable broth
- 4 thyme sprigs
- 4 rosemary sprigs
- 180 g shrimps, peeled and deveined
- 1 lime
- 1 pinch salt & pepper
- as needed cilantro
- as needed scallions
Instructions
- Peel potatoes and cut into cubes.
- Core and dice the paprika.
- Mince the garlic cloves and chili.
- Dice the onion.
- Sort and wash the spinach.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the onions until translucent.
- Then add the chili and garlic and continue to sauté.
- Add potatoes and toss for 1-2 minutes.
- Add half of the coconut milk and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Deglaze with the vegetable stock and add the thyme and rosemary.
- Bring the soup to a boil, turn the heat down to low and let simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, rinse the peeled shrimp.
- Remove the sprigs of thyme and rosemary from the saucepan.
- Add the paprika, spinach, and remaining coconut milk and bring to the boil again. Simmer gently for another 10 minutes.
- Add shrimps and simmer until they turn red.
- Season the soup with salt, pepper and the juice of half a lime.
- Serve soup in bowls with chopped scallions, cilantro and lime wedges.