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

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.