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Spicy Chilled BLT Soup

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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This recipe for spicy chilled BLT soup is a summery version of your favorite bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich but in cool soup form. How delicious is that?

BLT soup

It all started with this guy.

pepper

 

Here’s the thing.  I can grow herbs with no problem…LOTS of them.  Basil, tarragon, rosemary, parsley, thyme, sage, mint and mint and more mint.  But that’s it…when it comes to vegetables I am a dismal failure. 

My mom, on the other hand, can grow tomatoes and green beans and pumpkins and zucchini and a million other things, and when I was leaving her house the other day I embezzled this guy from a giant jalapeno pepper bush that she had going.  (Bush?  Vine?  Plant?  Tree?  I don’t know the technical term…I just know I saw him, and he was calling out to me, so I picked him.)

tomato and cucumber

And then I remembered that I had this vision of a spicy BLT soup that I had been meaning to make, and guess what it called for…yep.  One perfect little jalapeno. 

And this is as good a time as any to give you my standard jalapeno advice, which is to wear surgical gloves (which you can get by the box) in your friendly neighborhood drugstore.  All it takes is forgetting to do this and then taking out your contact lenses ONE time to emblazon this on your brain forever and ever.

This recipe for spicy chilled BLT soup is a summery version of your favorite bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich but in cool soup form. How delicious is that? Click to TweetAnyway.  The soup is basically a quick and easy gazpacho-type number, which is thickened up a little by adding some torn up bread before you puree it.  And then just before you serve it, you garnish it with however much B, L and T you would like.  (I like a lot.  I am all about the garnish in this one.) 

You could also float some nice homemade croutons on top if you have any hanging around…I didn’t, but I plan to next time.

And to think, it all started with a stolen pepper!

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Spicy Chilled BLT Soup


  • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
  • Category: Lunch
  • Method: No Cook
  • Cuisine: American
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This recipe for spicy chilled BLT soup is a summery version of your favorite bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich but in cool soup form.


Ingredients

  • 2 pounds chopped tomatoes
  • Salt and fresh ground pepper
  • 1 small cucumber, peeled and chopped
  • 1–2 jalapenos (depending on how spicy you like things), stemmed, seeded and chopped (see note)
  • 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, smashed and peeled
  • 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
  • 1 slice white bread, crust removed and torn into pieces
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • Crumbled cooked bacon, shredded lettuce, halved cherry tomatoes and croutons for garnish

Instructions

  1. Sprinkle tomatoes with 1/4 teaspoon salt and let sit for 10 minutes.
  2. Combine tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, onion, garlic, vinegar, bread, oil and sugar in blender and puree until smooth, about one minute. Refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours.
  3. Stir, season to taste with salt and pepper and serve with as much garnish as you like!

Notes

Make sure you wear gloves when you handle/chop up that onion.  Trust me on this! :)

1396.9 g131.8 mg9.6 g1.3 g0 g12.8 g2.5 g2.4 g0 mg

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Published on August 14, 2011

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  1. Joanne says

    August 15, 2011 at 12:58 am

    Well, you gave your mom a grandchild so the least she could do is spare a jalapeno for you! Especially given how delicious this soup looks!

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  2. Anonymous says

    August 15, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    This makes me laugh! When my husband and I were newlyweds we used to "steal" apples from a golden delicious apple tree that was randomly growing in the parking lot of our local Wal-Mart store. That was 11 1/2 years ago, and we still talk about how good the apple pie was that we made from stolen apples. I can still taste it…what a fun memory of our first year of marriage. And to think, it all started with stolen apples! ;-) This chilled soup looks phenomenal! And I have all the ingredients on hand – which makes it even better!…Kari

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  3. aBroad says

    August 15, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    Looks so good, even in winter :)

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  4. Tammy W says

    August 18, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    Pinned that one on Pinterest. Great blog!!! I subscribed my email.

    Reply
  5. GastroStu says

    August 19, 2011 at 9:25 am

    Great idea for a spicy summer lunch. I'm not the biggest jalapeno fan, so it's lashings of Tabasco for me I think! :) Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Framed Cooks says

    August 19, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    Tabasco is a great sub if you don't care for (or don't have access to) jalapenos. And I love all my Pinterest peeps – thanks for the pins!!

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  7. Posti4 says

    August 23, 2011 at 12:36 am

    Looks yummy! Are you still growing in your aero–thing a majig or in your garden Just wondering.

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  8. FramedCooks says

    August 23, 2011 at 9:24 am

    I'm growing flowers in it for the summer, since I have my herbs growing like crazy in the barrels I have outside. Aerogarden makes a flower collection called English Cottage (or something like that) which has snapdragons and some other things – a pretty little splash of color for my kitchen! But when the first frost comes I'm back to inside herbs. :)

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