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Creamy Chayote Soup
Ingredients
  • 2 cups vegetable or chicken broth
  • 1 tbsp butter or extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • crushed red pepper flakes to taste
  • jalapeno optional
  • 2 chayote squash cut into 1 inch chunks
  • 2 tbsp fresh cilantro
  • bacon optional
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion, garlic, and red pepper. Include jalapeno if desired. Saute until onion is tender. 

  2. Add the squash, cilantro, salt and pepper (and bacon if desired), and continue cooking for 5 minutes.

  3. Add broth and simmer for 20 minutes or until chayote is tender.

  4. Use a slotted spoon to removed chayote from broth, and place in blender. Pour enough broth into blender to combine ingredients. Blend into a puree.

  5. Pour into bowls to serve. Garnish with cilantro if desired.

Recipe Notes

Use olive oil to replace butter, and vegetable broth to replace chicken broth to make recipe vegan.