Shrimp And Hominy Soup Recipes

HOMINY GRITS WITH SHRIMP TWO WAYS

Steps:

• For the breadcrumbs: Melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the anchovy paste and cook for 30 seconds. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir in the breadcrumbs and cook until lightly golden brown. Stir in the green onions, parsley and thyme and season with salt and pepper.
• For the shrimp: Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium heat until it begins to shimmer. Add the bacon and cook until golden brown and crispy, about 7 minutes. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels and reserve. Reserve the pan with the oil to cook the shrimp.
• Whisk together the rice flour and 1 1/4 cups water in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Let rest for 5 minutes. Combine the cumin, ancho powder, chile de arbol, 2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl. Season the shrimp on both sides with the spice mixture.
• Return the pan with the bacon fat to the burner and heat over high heat until it begins to shimmer. Dip the shrimp in the batter and let the excess drip off. Saute the shrimp in batches until lightly golden brown and just cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
• For the grits: Put the hominy in a food processor with 1 cup of the cream and pulse until coarsely chopped.
• Bring 2 cups of the shrimp stock to a simmer in a medium saucepan, add the hominy mixture and stir to combine. Cook until soft, about 5 minutes, adding more stock if needed. Add the Monterey Jack, Cheddar and the remaining cup of cream and cook until incorporated, about 2 minutes; season with the cayenne, salt and pepper.
• Spoon the grits into bowls. Top each with 5 shrimp for an entree portion or 3 shrimp for an appetizer. Sprinkle with the breadcrumbs and garnish with the reserved bacon.

SMOKY SHRIMP, HOMINY AND TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Spread corn tortilla strips in single layer on paper towel. Let tortilla strips stand at room temperature overnight to dry.
• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add chopped onion, chopped carrot, chopped celery, minced garlic and dried oregano. Sauté until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Add chicken broth, golden hominy, crushed tomatoes and chipotle chilies; bring to simmer. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Soup can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cool slightly. Refrigerate soup uncovered until cold, then cover soup and refrigerate.)
• Bring soup to simmer over medium heat. Add shrimp and cook until opaque in center, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Stir in chopped fresh cilantro. Divide soup among 10 soup bowls. Top soup with dried tortilla strips, dividing equally. Serve soup, passing lime wedges separately.
• *Chipotle chilies canned in a spicy tomato sauce, sometimes called adobo, are available at Latin American markets, specialty foods stores and some supermarkets

SHRIMP AND WHITE CORN (HOMINY) CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in large stock pot.
• Saute onion, celery and carrot until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Add salt, pepper, cayenne and cloves.
• Add chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Using a hand held blender, blend until smooth (I don't have one of these so I use my food processor in batches or electric blender. Or if you like your chowder with the chunks in it, as the recipe owner does, you can skip this step completely).
• Add hominy and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Mix 1 cup of the half and half with flour until smooth and add to stock pot.
• Add sugar, remaining half and half and shrimp. Bring mixture to the point of almost boiling.
• Add cheese and heat thoroughly, stirring until cheese is melted and soup is creamy.

SHRIMP AND HOMINY SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the chicken stock, if using homemade. Then, peel the shrimp and devein. Reserve the shrimp in a bowl and put the shrimp shells in a medium saucepan with the chicken broth, water, and ancho chiles. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and reserve the broth in the pan. 2. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large saucepan and cook the onion until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 more minute. Add the tomatoes, oregano, and cumin. Cook until the juices are reduced and the mixture is nearly dry. Pour the reserved broth through a mesh strainer directly into the soup pot, pushing to extract all the juices. Discard the solids. 3. Add the reserved shrimp, epazote, hominy, and salt to the pot. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer the soup until the shrimp are cooked, about 8 minutes. Divide the soup among 4 soup bowls. Add sliced avocado to each bowl. Serve hot, with lime wedges on the side.From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

SHRIMP POZOLE

Steps:

• Shell and devein shrimp; refrigerate shrimp and place shells in a pot. Add 8 onion wedges, 4 cloves garlic, and 3 quarts water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 1 hour. Strain, discarding shells; return stock to pot.
• Heat a heavy skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium-high. Cook chile until charred on both sides, about 4 minutes total. Transfer to a heatproof bowl; add 1 cup boiling water, placing a dish on top to keep submerged. Soak until soft, 20 minutes. Remove stem and seeds; reserve liquid.
• Meanwhile, toast almonds in skillet over medium until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate; let cool. Repeat with sesame seeds, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to another plate; let cool. In separate batches, finely grind almonds and sesame seeds in a spice grinder, then combine.
• Place remaining 4 onion wedges and 2 cloves garlic in skillet; cook over medium-high until softened and charred in places, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a blender with chile, 2 tablespoons soaking liquid, 1/3 cup stock, almond-sesame mixture, tomato paste, oregano, and 1 teaspoon salt; pulse to a paste.
• Return skillet to medium-high and blister tomatoes, turning occasionally, until charred in spots, 7 to 9 minutes. Add to pot with remaining stock. Add 1 tablespoon salt; bring to a simmer. Add shrimp and hominy; continue to simmer until shrimp are just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high. Add mole and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant and slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Divide soup among bowls and stir about 2 tablespoons mole into each; serve, with tortillas.