Chilled Cucumber-Dill Soup

Description

Another way to use up all those cucumbers that spring off the vine in summer. This is a spicy dill cucumber soup chilled to take down the heat a notch in summer. This soup is great made a day ahead and keeps for 3 days. Serve with some thin wheat crackers.

Ingredients

  • 4 large cucumbers – peeled, seeded, and cubed, divided
  • ½ cup finely chopped yellow onion, divided
  • ½ cup finely chopped celery, divided
  • ½ cup grated carrots, divided
  • 4 medium jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
  • ¼ cup Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
  • 1 teaspoon salt, or more to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, or more to taste

Instructions

  1. Set 1/4 cup of cubed cucumber aside.
  2. Place remaining cucumbers
  3. 1/4 cup onion
  4. 1/4 cup celery
  5. 1/4 cup carrots
  6. jalapeno peppers
  7. Greek yogurt
  8. sour cream
  9. sugar
  10. garlic powder
  11. dill
  12. salt
  13. and pepper into the bowl of an 8-cup electric blender or food processor and pulse until all ingredients are just blended.
  14. Pour into a large bowl and stir in reserved 1/4 cup cucumber and remaining onion
  15. celery
  16. and carrots to add a little crunch to an otherwise creamy mixture. Taste for salt and pepper
  17. adding more if desired.
  18. Place into the refrigerator for at least 4 hours before serving.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins

Servings: 6

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