Spicy Pecan Soup

Name: Spicy Pecan Soup
Total time: 70
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; ½ cup minced onion; 3 tablespoons minced garlic; 6 cups chicken stock; 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste; 2 cups heavy cream; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 3 cups pecan pieces; 3 tablespoons finely chopped canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce; salt to taste; ¼ cup chopped pecans for garnish

Recipe by ArtistColumbus from allrecipes.com

Lunch 1 Hr. 10 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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2 tablespoons butter
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½ cup minced onion
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3 tablespoons minced garlic
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6 cups chicken stock
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1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
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2 cups heavy cream

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2 tablespoons lemon juice
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3 cups pecan pieces
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3 tablespoons finely chopped canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce
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salt to taste
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¼ cup chopped pecans for garnish

Instructions

Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir the onion and garlic in the butter until soft but not brown. about 5 minutes.
Pour the chicken stock into the pot and whisk in the tomato paste, heavy cream, and lemon juice. Turn the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil. Turn the heat down to medium-low, add the 3 cups of pecan pieces and the chopped chipotle peppers, and simmer the soup until the pecans soften, about 30 minutes.
Set aside 2 cups of soup. Pour the rest of the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the contents moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
Stir the reserved 2 cups of soup back into the pot and bring to a simmer and season with salt to taste. Serve, hot, with a sprinkle of chopped pecans for garnish.