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Your Carrot Tarragon Soup Guide
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Cooking Tip
Did you know that if you want to add vegetables to the soup you are making, they will taste so much better if you sauté them first in a little butter? Even though it's a little bit more work, it's worth the extra effort.
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Carrot Tarragon Soup
Microwave Soup, Vegetable
The flavors in this Carrot Tarragon Soup are a wonderful combination. Put a pretty sprig of fresh tarragon on top and you will have a delicious and beautiful soup to serve as an appetizer or a main course.
What you'll need:
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 10 Tbsp. butter or margarine
- 10 cups chicken stock
- 2 Tbsp. dired tarragon
- 1/4 Tbsp. white pepper
- 6 large carrots, peeled and grated
- Sprigs of fresh tarragon for garnish
What to do:
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Place garlic, onion and 8 Tbsp. butter in a 4 quart microwaveable casserole dish. Microwave on High Power for about 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
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Add 2 cups of the chicken stock, dried tarragon and white pepper. Microwave on High Power for 8-10 minutes until volume of mixture is reduced by one-half.
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Add remaining a chicken stock and grated carrots. Microwave on Medium Power (50%) for 15-20 minutes or until carrots are well cooked.
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Pour soup into processor fitted with steel blade (or a blender). Process in batches until smooth. Return soup to microwaveable 4-quart casserole dish.
- Add remaining 2 Tbsp. of butter, stir and microwave on Medium Power (50%) for 5-8 minutes or until hot.
- Serve in individual soup bowls and garnish with sprigs of fresh tarragon.
This recipe for Carrot Tarragon Soup makes 6-8 delicious servings.
For more great soup ideas, check out some more easy soup appetizer recipes or follow the links below.
More microwave soup recipe ideas:
Broccoli Bisque
Chilled Cucumber Walnut Soup
Corn Chowder
Creamy Clam Chowder
Easy Crab Bisque
Greek Lemon Soup
Marvelous Mushroom Soup
Tomato Sip Soup
Walnut Soup
For a more complete listing of soup recipe ideas, visit my Soup Recipe Index page.
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