spinach soup
{{Short description|Soup prepared using spinach}}
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| served = Hot or cold
| main_ingredient = Spinach
| minor_ingredient = Onion, green onion, carrot, celery, tomatoes, potatoes, lemon juice, olive oil, seasonings, salt and pepper
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| serving_size = 100 g
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Spinach soup is a soup prepared using spinach as a primary ingredient. A common dish around the world, the soup can be prepared as a broth-based or cream-based soup, and the latter can be referred to as "cream of spinach soup." In China, a spinach and tofu soup is also known as "emerald and white jade soup"; spinach and tofu represent emerald and white jade respectively,{{cite book |author1=Deh-Ta Hsiung |author2=Nina Simonds |title=The Food of China |date=2001 |publisher=bay books |location=London |isbn=9780681025844 |page=60}} and thus the spinach soup itself can be called "emerald soup".{{cite book |last1=Parkinson |first1=Rhpnda |title=The Everything Chinese Cookbook |date=2003 |publisher=Adams Media |location=Avon, MA |isbn=9781580629546 |page=[https://archive.org/details/everythingchines00laur/page/63 63] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/everythingchines00laur/page/63 }} Fresh, canned or frozen spinach can be used, and the spinach can be used whole, puréed or chopped. Additional ingredients can include onion, green onion, carrot, celery, tomatoes, potatoes, lemon juice, olive oil, seasonings, salt and pepper. Spinach soup is typically served hot, but can also be served as a cold soup. Prior to being served, it can be topped or garnished with ingredients such as sour cream and crème fraîche.
Gallery
File:Creamy spinach soup.jpg|Cream of spinach soup being cooked
File:Spinach soup with garnishes.jpg|Spinach soup with garnishes
File:Spinach-tofu soup.jpg|Spinach soup with tofu
File:Green garlic and spinach soup.jpg|Green garlic and spinach soup, topped with crème fraîche
File:Green borscht spinach smetana.jpg|Green borscht with spinach and potatoes, topped with smetana
File:Sigeumchi-doenjang-guk.jpg|Sigeumchi-doenjang-guk (spinach soybean paste soup)
File:Song dynasty's 'patriotic soup' (prepared in Clovis California) 宋朝的“護國菜”（在加利福尼亞克洛維斯市製備）(3)。.jpg|Song dynasty's (China) patriotic soup (spinach version)
File:Spinach Tofu Soup - 菠菜豆腐湯 (Emerald & White Jade Soup - 翡翠白玉湯).jpg|A bowl of Chinese style spinach and tofu soup, typically referred as "emerald and white jade soup"
See also
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- Cabbage soup
- List of cream soups
- List of vegetable soups
- List of soups
- Patriotic soup
- Sorrel soup
- Spinach dip
- Spinach salad
- Vegetable soup
- Watercress soup
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References
External links
{{Commonscat|Spinach-based soups}}
- [https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1571/creamy-spinach-soup Creamy spinach soup]. BBC Good Food.
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