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I absolutely love soups! I have already shared many soup recipes on my site, and there are a lot more to come! The thing I love about soups, like this one, are how easy they are to make and how quickly they come together. I’ve had this Crema de Plátano Verde recipe waiting to be posted for months, probably since November and I am excited to share it with you.
This Creamy Plantain Soup is very simple to make and absolutely delicious. Make it for dinner or fix a batch ahead of time and keep it in the fridge for an easy lunch to-go!
As I’ve mentioned many times, we Colombians love soups any time of the year. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, we eat soup all year round, rain or shine, and hot or cold outside. But nothing is quite like a hot bowl of soup during the winter months.
You could also add chicken or crispy bacon to this soup, but I swear it doesn’t need it.
Buen provecho!
Ingredients
(4 Servings)
- 3 green plantains, peeled and sliced into small chunks
- 8 cups of chicken, beef or vegetable broth or more if needed
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 scallions, chopped
- Salt and pepper, to your taste
- 1 large carrot peeled and diced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin powder
- 1/4 cup cilantro
Directions
- Place the onion, garlic, scallions and one cup of broth in a blender and blend for about 30 seconds.
- Place the broth mixture in a medium pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and add the rest of the ingredients, except the cilantro.
- Cover the pot and reduce the heat to medium low and cook for 30 minutes or until the plantains are very tender.
- Transfer the soup to a blender and purée. Add the purée soup back to the pot, stir and cook for 10 more minutes. Add more broth if necessary
- Divide the soup in bowls and sprinkle with fresh cilantro on top. Serve with avocado and aji.
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ela@GrayApron says
Yeap, I’ve noticed you are quite a soup master! Your soups are never boring, like some soups tend to be! I keep an eye on your site, Erica…I want to make more soups! 🙂 ela
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
I too enjoy soup, but usually stay with one or two soups…wish I could try taste your plantain soup. Looks so tasty.
grace says
i don’t know what plantains taste like, but the texture of this soup must be amazing!
Cian Hennessy says
Great looks good
ana maria says
Excellent website! I´m Colombian and live in Medellín, and all the recipes are wonderful and precise, thank you for such a good job of representing our culture.
Erica Dinho says
Thanks for your comment!:)
Viveca Croes says
Great plantain soup, i started mine with placing everting in the blender including the plantains, next time i will do your recipe.
Great taste
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Danny. says
Question: the 3x green plantains…am I to get the still green & raw ones, or green but ripe? Reason for asking is because unripe plantains tends to be very tart. Thanks in advance.
Viveca says
I would do it with the green and raw one’s. You also can make delicious tostones with the green and raw ones.
Kelvin says
I really like soup too and i want to cook plantain soup. But i dont know scallon and broth….