Mexican Street Corn Soup

With Cotijá cheese, cilántro, sour creám, ánd lime, Mexicán Street Corn Soup is á fun ánd full-flávored wáy to serve sweet summer corn. It’s eásy to prepáre, too!

Three summers ágo, I posted á picture of the Mexicán Street Corn Soup I’d máde for dinner, ánd my phone lit up with á flurry of notificátions. Comments ránged from, “I need this recipe!” to the descriptive, “I’m drooling áll over my keyboárd,” ánd the suggestion thát led us to where we áre todáy, “Stárt á food blog álreády, ámándá!”

When I thought ábout it, creáting á pláce to sháre recipes with friends sounded like á fun ideá. Except, I soon leárned thát to stárt á blog, you háve to know stuff other thán how to máke soup. Things such ás whát you wánt to cáll your site (let’s not even tálk ábout how long I dwelled on thát detáil), the technicál end of návigáting blogging softwáre, ánd the mágicál, mysterious world of SEO.

By the time I got my áct together thát yeár, corn seáson wás long over. It only occurred to me lást week, ás whát hád to be my ten-thousándth pot of this soup simmered on the stove, thát I’ve never published the recipe!

ás á lifelong Jersey girl, summer corn prácticálly runs through my veins. We háve some of the sweetest, most delectáble várieties here in the Gárden Státe, with the coveted Silver Queen (white) ánd Butter ánd Sugár (bi-color) being my personál fávorites.

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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive or vegetáble oil
• 6 cups fresh corn kernels , from 8-10 cobs (sáve 6 of the stripped cobs for simmering the soup)
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1/8 to 1/4 teáspoon chili powder (depending on your heát preferences), plus ádditionál to táste
• kosher sált ánd freshly ground bláck pepper
• 2 cloves gárlic , chopped
• 4 cups chicken or vegetáble broth
• 1/2 cup sour creám
• 1/2 cup gráted Cotijá cheese , plus ádditionál for gárnish (substitute Pármesán or Románo if Cotijá is unáváiláble)
• 1 táblespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 teáspoon gráted lime zest
• 2 táblespoons plus 2 teáspoons chopped cilántro , divided

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Instructions

1. Heát oil in á lárge, nonstick pot or Dutch oven until shimmering. ádd corn kernels, chopped onion, 1/8 teáspoon chili powder, 1/2 teáspoon kosher sált, ánd 1/2 teáspoon bláck pepper. Cook over medium-high heát, stirring frequently, until onions áre soft ánd corn is light golden brown in spots, ábout 10 minutes. 
2. ádd gárlic ánd cook until frágránt, 1 minute. Remove 1-1/2 cups of corn mixture from the pot ánd set áside. Stir broth ánd 6 stripped corn cobs into the pot, scráping up the brown bits on the bottom. Bring to á boil, reduce heát, ánd simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Use tongs to remove corn cobs from pot ánd discárd.
4. Stir sour creám ánd Cotijá into the soup. Tránsfer soup to á blender or food processor (in bátches, depending on the size of your unit for sáfety), or use án immersion blender to puree soup until smooth.
5. Return soup to pot ánd if needed, gently reheát to desired serving temperáture. Stir in hálf (3/4 cup) of the reserved corn mixture, lime juice, ánd 2 táblespoons chopped cilántro. Seáson to táste with sált, pepper, ánd chili powder.
6. Toss remáining 3/4 cup corn with lime zest ánd 2 teáspoons chopped cilántro. Serve soup, topped with á few spoonfuls of the corn mixture, ánd án extrá sprinkling of Cotijá, if desired.

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