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    Velvety Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe - for Winter Warming.

    September 24, 2020 by Karen 84 Comments

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    This Szechuan Carrot Ginger Soup will warm you from the inside out. Seasoned with ginger, hot pepper flakes and sesame oil this soup is nourishing, delicious, filling and EASY. It basically checks all the soup requirement boxes.  

    Overhead shot of orange, carrot soup garnished with swirls of sour cream, cilantro leaves and oil - in a blue and white transferware bowl on a silver tray.

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    I have absolutely nothing to say about Carrot Ginger soup. Nothing. As someone who is passionate about all things soup you'd think I'd have at least one thing to say but nope. I have been sitting here in my office for the last half hour trying to remember some sort of anecdote about this soup to lead into the recipe with. I do not have a single interesting story about it. I don't even have an uninteresting story about carrot soup.

    Here is what I can tell you about me and soup. I like it all. I like Habitant canned Pea Soup with a stack of buttered Premium Plus crackers on the side and vinegar drizzled on top of the soup, I love a good squash soup, am enamoured with spicy sausage fire broth soup and generally have nothing bad to say about soup.

    Yup.

    Riveting post so far isn't it?

    So I might as well get right into it then.  What I DO know about this carrot ginger soup is that it's completely delicious, dead easy to make and packs more flavour than you'd think possible in a recipe that only has a few ingredients and takes about half an hour to make. 40 minutes if you're going at a relaxed pace.

    Diced celery and onions next to a large chef's knife.

    This is soup so do not  be frightened of it. It is quite literally impossible to screw up soup. 

    You cook some carrots until tender in chicken or vegetable broth, whiz it a bit with an immersion blender and you're done.

    O.K. there are a few more ingredients and steps, but basically that's it. 


    CARROT SOUP TIPS

    Grid photo demonstrating how to peel ginger with a spoon, simmering carrots for soup and blending with a stick blender.

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    1. To peel ginger just scrape the skin away with a spoon. It the fastest, easiest way to do it.
    2. Have a leftover bag of those baby carrots?  Use them up in soup.
    3. Want to add a little kick to ANY soup?  Throw in ¼ teaspoon of pepper flakes or cayenne pepper.
    4. Still saving up for a Vitamix?  Use an inexpensive immersion blender. They work GREAT for so many things, soups especially, making them velvety.  You'll get the same result by using a Vitamix.

     

    Carrot ginger soup served in transferware soup bowl with handles, on a silver tray.

    OUT OF CARROTS? No problem.  Omit the sugar in the recipe and use sweet potato instead.


    Szechuan Carrot Ginger Soup

    Carrot Ginger Soup

    This Szechuan style carrot soup is made with basic pantry ingredients and will warm you from the inside out.
    4.64 from 19 votes
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    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: Asian
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 164kcal
    Author: Karen Bertelsen

    Ingredients

    • 1 medium onion
    • 2 stalks celery
    • 1 clove garlic minced
    • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
    • 1 lb carrots cut 1" (or baby carrots uncut)
    • ½" fresh ginger peeled & sliced
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper flakes
    • 3 cups chicken broth
    • 1 ½ Tbsps soy sauce
    • ½ tablespoon peanut butter
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
    • 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil I use toasted
    • 1 cup milk
    • 4 tablespoon sour cream

    Instructions

    • Cook the onion, celery and garlic in oil until the onion is softened.
    • Grab yourself a fresh hunk of ginger. About ½ an inch is good for me, but you can add more (if you’re crazy like thaor less (if you’re crazy like that). Peel your knob of ginger, then slice it thinly.
    • Add the sliced ginger to the softened onions along with about ¼ teaspoon of red pepper flakes.
    • Add the 3 cups of chicken broth to the pot which now includes onion, celery, garlic, ginger and pepper flakes.
    • Add the carrots!
    • Cover the pot and simmer until the carrots are tender.
    • Remove pot from heat and add the remaining ingredients to the pot. (Soy Sauce, Peanut Butter, Sugar, Sesame Oil and Milk)
    • Blend the soup with either an immersion or regular blender. Rewarm the soup on the stove if necessary, but be careful not to boil it because of the milk. If you don’t want to worry about the soup boiling (or calories) use whipping cream in place of milk.
    • Serve the soup with a big dollop of sour cream on top.

    Notes

    • To peel ginger just scrape the skin away with a spoon. It the fastest, easiest way to do it.
    • Have a leftover bag of those baby carrots?  Use them up in soup.
    • Want to add a little kick to ANY soup?  Throw in ¼ teaspoon of pepper flakes.
    • Still saving up for a Vitamix?  Use an inexpensive immersion blender. They work GREAT for so many things, soups especially.
    • You can do WHATEVER you want to a soup recipe to make it your own. Like it hotter? Add more pepper flakes.  Like it thinner? Add more broth or milk.
    • Get hot pepper flakes in your eye?  Rinse with milk. Yes. Seriously. Milk. Read about it here.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 1165mg | Potassium: 729mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 19262IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 149mg | Iron: 1mg

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    Garnish with a big dollop of sour cream, cilantro if you have some and a few drops of toasted sesame oil.  As with any recipe feel free to change things up a bit, adding more or less of this and that. And if, by chance, something VERY exciting happens to you while making or eating this soup, let me know. Evidently I'm in need of a really good carrot soup story.

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    Velvety Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe - for Winter Warming.

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    1. Cherie

      September 14, 2024 at 4:16 pm

      I want to make some of the szechwan carrot ginger soup and freeze it. Should I just cook it up to the adding milk stage, freeze it and then make a note on the label to add x cups of milk OR can I freeze it milk and all. I have a plethora of carrots this year, some of which I am going to dice for stir fries, and some of which I want to make into this soup.

      Cheers, Cherie

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    2. Katie

      January 12, 2023 at 4:52 pm

      Holy crap. This is delicious. Not surprised, why would you make and share bad food?? So happy I doubled it. Chef kiss.

      Thank you!!!

      Reply
      • Karen

        January 13, 2023 at 11:50 am

        Oh golly. Lots of people share bad recipes on the Internet, lol. And it freezes great! Thanks for the review. ~ karen!

        Reply
    3. Jan in Waterdown

      December 04, 2021 at 10:26 am

      Habitant pea soup? Oh yeah! I add quartered slices of Beach Road kielbasa and a smidge of liquid smoke to kick it up a notch. And lots of black pepper!

      Reply
    4. delin

      December 02, 2021 at 11:48 pm

      I made this with vegetable broth and omitted the milk. It was very good...maybe just a different texture. Next time, and there will be many, I will try the coconut milk someone recommended or maybe cashew cream. My partner LOVED this and went back for thirds. Thank you for the great recipe!

      Reply
      • Karen

        December 06, 2021 at 10:03 am

        You're welcome delin! Yes, it's a good recipe and like most soups you can just do what you want with it. Add things to it, take them away ... whatever you want. :) ~ karen!

        Reply
      • Cherie

        September 14, 2024 at 4:19 pm

        Hmmm! I wondered about freezing it with regular milk --then read the comments and Karen assured us that this soup freezes well, so-o-o I anm going to make two batches, one with milk and one with coconut mill. thanks for the idea. We love coconut milk. Cherie

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    5. Teresa Trucks

      October 18, 2021 at 9:30 am

      Made this soup according to recipe (except no sugar) and it was delicious! Will double the recipe next time. Thanks a 🥕 bunch, Karen!

      Reply
      • Karen

        October 18, 2021 at 9:55 am

        You're welcome! I love it too. :) ~ karen!

        Reply
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