Best 5 Shell Soup Recipes

CREAMY SHELL SOUP

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Drain, and set aside.
• Simmer water, chicken, diced onions, celery, minced parsley, bay leaf, salt and pepper in Dutch oven until chicken is tender. Remove bay leaf; discard. Remove chicken; cool.
• Add potatoes, green onions, bouillon cubes, seasoned salt and poultry seasoning to broth. Simmer 15 minutes. Add milk, cooked pasta, and chicken; return to simmer.
• Melt butter or margarine over medium heat. Add flour, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to brown. Add to soup; blend well. Let soup stand 20 minutes to blend flavors. Season to taste. Garnish with nutmeg and chopped parsley.

SHELL SOUP

Steps:

• Brown pasta in oil in large sauce pan. Add tomato sauce and fill pan 3/4 full of water. Add bouillon cubes and seasoning. When macaroni is soft, turn heat down to low and add cheese.

PUMPKIN SOUP (SERVED IN THE SHELL)

Steps:

• Slice off stem of pumpkin, 2-1/2 inches from the top, reserve, scrape out the seeds and membranes.
• Brush the inside with 1-1/2 tablespoons of melted butter.
• Top pumpkin with stem and bake in a shallow pan at 375 degree oven for 1-1/4 hours or until plup is tender. Let cool in pan.
• In a large heavy saucepan, cook onion in butter until soft. Add carrots, broth, 3 cups water andd bay leaf and simmer until carrots are tender. Discard bay leaf.
• Discard any liquid in the pumpkin and scoup out pulp leaving 1/4 inch thick shell.
• In a blender, puree pulp with carrot mixture in batches.
• Transfer the puree to a kettle and stir in cream and salt and pepper to taste.
• (You can prepare, to this point, 1 day ahead if desired, and chill in a baking dish.).
• Slice part of the sausage into 8 thin rounds. then slice the rest, quartered lengthwise and then sliced thin. In a heavy skillet, cook the sausage over moderate heat, stirring until light brown and drain on paper towel.
• Reserve the 8 sausage rounds, stir the other sausage pieces into the soup and stir soup over moderate heat, (thin with water if needed), until hot.
• Heat the shell, if needed, in 375 degree oven until warm and ladle soup into shell.
• Garnish with parsley and sausage rounds.
• Serve with breadsticks, or your favorite crusty bread.

COMFORTING CHICKEN & SHELL SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a dutch oven, combine chicken, water, chicken stock, onion, carrots, celery, bay leaf, salt & pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low; simmer until chicken is tender.
• 2. Remove the bay leaf. Now, remove the chicken and cool - debone and cut into small cubes, set aside. Now, add potatoes, bouillon, season salt and poultry seasoning to the broth. Simmer for another 15 minutes. Add the milk, macaroni and chicken and return to simmer.
• 3. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and continuously stir until mixture begins to brown.
• 4. Add the butter mixture to the pot and blend well. Simmer on low heat for 20 minutes. Season to taste. Can sprinkle with nutmeg and some extra fresh parsley if desire. When reheating you may want to add a bit more milk or stock to thin it out a bit, as it thickens as it cools. Enjoy this delicious comfort soup...

CREAMY SHELL SOUP

Steps:

• Simmer water, chicken, diced onions, celery, minced parsley, bay leaf, salt and pepper in Dutch oven until chicken is tender. Remove bay leaf; discard. Remove chicken; cool. Cut into small cubes; set aside.
• Add potatoes, green onions, bouillon cubes, seasoned salt and poultry seasoning to broth. Simmer 15 minutes. Add milk, macaroni, and chicken; return to simmer.
• Melt butter in skillet over med heat. Add flour, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to brown. Add to soup; blend well. Let soup simmer on very low heat 20 minutes to blend flavors. Season to taste. Garnish with nutmeg and chopped parsley.