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Kaleva

(36,248 posts)
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 02:21 AM Aug 2020

Kaleva's Zucchini Cheese Soup

Ingredients:

1 tbs olive oil
1 large onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced or 2 tsp of minced garlic
4 cups chicken broth
4 cups chopped tomatoes
4 medium zucchini, chopped (remove and dispose of ends)
1 15.25 oz. can whole kernel corn
12 oz. processed cheese cut into small cubes

Directions:

Heat the olive oil in a stock pot and saute the garlic and onion until tender.

Mix in the chicken broth, tomatoes, entire contents of can of corn, and zucchini. Heat at a low boil and stirring occasionally until zucchini is soft.

Mix in the cheese. Continue to cook and stir until cheese is melted. Serve.

The above is my version of a recipe for a Mexican Zucchini Soup which I had found on-line. I don't use the spices, hot peppers, or Mexican-style stewed tomatoes that the original recipe called for. You'll note that I don't even add salt and/or pepper to mine as I don't think it needs it. My wife and I really like this soup.

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Kaleva's Zucchini Cheese Soup (Original Post) Kaleva Aug 2020 OP
what kind of cheese do you use/ patricia92243 Aug 2020 #1
Processed cheese Kaleva Aug 2020 #2
My revised recipe Kaleva Sep 2020 #3

Kaleva

(36,248 posts)
2. Processed cheese
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 03:29 AM
Aug 2020

You could use Velveeta. I used the processed cheese my father-in-law gives us which he gets from commodities.

Kaleva

(36,248 posts)
3. My revised recipe
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 12:56 AM
Sep 2020

Did some adjusting to come up with a quantity to can. The below recipe makes about 1 gallon of soup:

Ingredients:

1 tbs olive oil
1 large onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced or 2 tsp of minced garlic
1/2 tsp dried oregano
6 cups chicken broth
4 cups chopped tomatoes
8 cups of shredded zucchini (use a food processor)
2 15.25 oz. can whole kernel corn
16 oz. of processed cheese cut into small cubes

Directions:

Heat the olive oil in a stock pot, add the garlic, onion and oregano and saute the garlic and onion until tender.

Mix in the chicken broth, tomatoes, entire contents of cans of corn, and zucchini. Heat at a high simmer until soup is thoroughly hot while stirring occasionally.

Mix in the cheese. Continue to cook and stir until cheese is melted. Serve.

I have 3 gallons of shredded zucchini in the freezer and my plan is to make enough soup with that to can 21 quarts with some left over for a meal. I won't add the cheese while canning. I'll add that later when I heat the soup. I figure about 4 oz of cheese per quart of soup.

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