Chipotle Oyster Soup
Sopa de Ostion Enchipotlada
Recipe Yield
6 servings
Cooking time
50 minutes
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Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups chopped white onion
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped celery divided
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped carrot divided
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped leeks divided
- 5 garlic cloves finely chopped or pressed
- 2 tablespoons about 4 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce and their sauce, chopped, or to taste
- 1 chile de arbol stemmed and chopped, seeds included
- 1 1/2 pounds about 6 Roma tomatoes, roasted and charred, chopped
- 1 pound about 12 to 15 shucked oysters and their juices
- 1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 5 cups shrimp or seafood broth or substitute vegetable or chicken broth
- Chopped cilantro leaves for garnish
- Quartered limes to serve
To Prepare
- In a large casserole or soup pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Once hot add the onion and cook for 5 to 6 minutes until softened. Incorporate 1 cup each of the celery, carrot, and leeks (reserving half a cup of each for later use), cook for 3 to 4 minutes until the vegetables have wilted. Make room in the middle of the pot and add the garlic, chipotles in adobo, and chile de arbol, cook for a minute, then mix with the vegetables and cook for another minute. Add the tomatoes, the juices from the oysters, salt, and oregano and cook for about 6 to 7 minutes, until it is all simmering and thickening a bit. Add the broth, once it comes back to a simmer, continue simmering for another 10 minutes. Turn off heat.
- Once it cools off a little, puree in batches in the blender until completely smooth. If you want a very silky soup, strain back into the soup pot.
- Bring the pureed soup back to a simmer over medium heat, add the remaining half a cup each of the celery, carrot, and leeks and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Incorporate the shucked oysters, cook for 1 minute until barely cooked through and turn off the heat.
- Ladle into soup bowls, garnish with cilantro and offer your guests a quartered lime to squeeze in fresh juice before they eat.
Comments
26comments inChipotle Oyster Soup
James S.
Aug 20
This Soup was phenomenal! It lifted up the oysters to let them shine in their deliciousness. Marvelous! Thank you 🙂
Pati Jinich
Sep 12
My pleasure James 🙂
Maria Alicia Solorio
Apr 30
Estoy planeando hacer esta sopa para el Día de la Madre. A mi suegra y a mi cuñada les encantan las ostras y cuando vi esta receta supe que tenía que prepararla. Primero se lo prepararé a mi esposo y veré cómo queda. No me gustan las ostras, así que él será mi probador de alimentos. Te haré saber cómo resultó. Todas tus recetas que he hecho han sido un gran éxito. Gracias Pati por compartir tu regalo.
Pati Jinich
Apr 30
Mil gracias Maria Alicia, me encanta que a pesar que no sea tu favorito, vayas a preparar esta sopa para tu suegra y tu cunada, que lindo detalle! Ojala que le guste a tu esposo y despues a ellas, un abrazo!
Amber Cameron
Feb 10
I’m making this tonight! So get this, I’m telling my best friend that I can’t talk to her right now because I’m watching a cooking show that I’m addicted to. She asks me which one and I tell her it’s yours. She says “oh she is a friend of mine. Sweetest girl. Remember when I got so sick with the JP (Juan Pablo) parasite in Mexico? That was with her on the Avocado trip.” Then she sent me a picture of the two of you! Her name is Tamra Scott Scroggins. I was staying at her house when she got back. Then she took the JP to Italy with her on the Barilla trip! Bless her. lol
Pati Jinich
Feb 10
Hahaha, it is a small word indeed! Un abrazo Amber 😉
Elizabeth RAMIREZ
Nov 21
Again, who was the young man who appeared to sample the dish, at the end of the Pati Jinich show in SONORA, on 11/21/20. No introduction was made🤨
Pati Jinich
Nov 22
Hola Elizabeth! My son Alan was the one tasting the Pescado Zarandeado and then my middle son Sami came at the end to taste the Dirty rice with clams 😉
Dee Shurtleff
Sep 19
Just watched you on Create – oysters and muchaca. I don’t know how to spell it. Can you help me out please
Pati Jinich
Sep 24
It is Machaca Dee, so you were pretty close. Here is the recipe in case you want to give it a chance 😉 https://patijinich.com/pati_2020/shrimp-machaca-and-potato-burritos/
Tere
Sep 02
Many times I use Mexican recipes for my Christmas eve dinner. There are so many crossover spices like cinnamon, chocolate, coriander and clove for example in common with anglo xmas fare, but I cannot support the turkey-ham spectrum. So this recipe, with the inclusion of oysters–the definitive holiday food–is DEFINITELY on the menu this year. I thank you Pati, for this and so many other great recipes and techniques that you have offered us through your show. I spent two weeks in Oaxaca with local artists in 2006, eating local recipes and going to the amazing market and it changed my life. I really respect how you are exhibiting the depth of Mexican culture along with your cooking. Thank you so much.
Pati Jinich
Sep 06
Thanks so much Tere for the very kind words! I am sure you had a great time in Oaxaca, it is a fantastic place 😉
Hortencia
Jun 13
Made this tonight for dinner. Delicious. My daughter loves spicy and wants me to use chicken next time.
Pati Jinich
Jun 21
That is an interesting request Hortencia! Let me know how it come out if you prepare it 😉
Steve in Tacoma
May 16
Making again!
I wonder how some medium-chopped mushrooms might go with this, Pati?
Pati Jinich
May 23
Yummy, why not? I’d say go for it Steve!
Steve in Tacoma
May 04
So grateful for this. I was a hero last night. Used an immersion blender – so simple. My wife said it was like “restaurant chef-prepared.”
We had fresh oysters from a beach nearby, but I threw in a bunch of big prawns to meat it up some more.
We ate it over rice, but that’s just us. Didn’t go to the right store for the arbol chiles, so substituted a dash of cayenne.
Pati Jinich
May 04
Your recipe sounds delicious Steve, thanks so much for sharing 😉
Rich
Feb 02
Could i add cream to the chipotle oyster soup
Pati Jinich
Feb 04
I think that is a great idea Rich!
Judy
Nov 12
My husband is allergic to shellfish. Do you think I could use a good firm whitefish to substitute or would it lose its essence?
Pati Jinich
Nov 13
Go for it, Judy!
ema39
Oct 14
OMG. I can hardly wait to make this. My wife is not so fond of oysters (except fried); can I make the broth as per the recipe and then divide into two dishes and use shrimp in one (for my wife) and oysters in the other (for me)?
Pati Jinich
Oct 14
Go for it, EMA!
Russ Waite
Oct 12
I’ve been waiting for this one.😎
Pati Jinich
Oct 12
Oh good…enjoy, Russ!