Name: Baba's Best Sorrel Soup
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Unsalted butter - ½ cup; Sliced onion - 1 cup; Garlic, minced - 5 large cloves; Tightly packed sorrel leaves, stems and veins removed - 12 cups; Chicken stock - 4 cups; Water - 2 cups; Potatoes, peeled and diced - 3; Carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks - 1 large; Chopped fresh parsley - 1 cup; Fresh dill, chopped, or to taste - 3 sprigs; Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon; Freshly ground black pepper - 1 teaspoon; Ground cayenne pepper, or more to taste - ¼ teaspoon

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25 min.

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Ingredients for - Baba's Best Sorrel Soup

1. Unsalted butter - ½ cup

2. Sliced onion - 1 cup

3. Garlic, minced - 5 large cloves

4. Tightly packed sorrel leaves, stems and veins removed - 12 cups

5. Chicken stock - 4 cups

6. Water - 2 cups

7. Potatoes, peeled and diced - 3

8. Carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks - 1 large

9. Chopped fresh parsley - 1 cup

10. Fresh dill, chopped, or to taste - 3 sprigs

11. Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon

12. Freshly ground black pepper - 1 teaspoon

13. Ground cayenne pepper, or more to taste - ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Baba's Best Sorrel Soup

1. Stage

Melt butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until soft, about 5 minutes. Add sorrel in batches, stirring well until wilted, 5 to 8 minutes in all.

2. Stage

Pour chicken stock and water into the Dutch oven. Stir in potatoes, carrot, parsley, dill, lemon juice, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Simmer soup until flavors combine, about 1 hour.

3. Stage

Puree soup with an immersion blender until mostly smooth before serving.