Favorite recipes with an immersion blender

tomato basil soup but I started using it to blend pancake mix and I like it.

One way I really like to use it is when I'm braising short ribs or pork shoulder and it comes out of the oven, I remove the meat carefully and use the immersion blender on the braising liquid to blend down the carrots/trinity/etc. that's in it while reducing rather than just reducing.

It makes the gravy much thicker and flavorful, and saves you from having to reduce forever.

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What is your tomato basil recipe?

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Butternut squash soup with crabmeat .

Recipe comes from John Besh’s pumpkin soup recipe: LINK

But substitute butternut squash for pumpkin and a sweet potato instead of Yukon gold.

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I like to cook cauliflower/cauli rice in a little chicken broth until it's real soft, then hit it with an immersion blender. Add a touch of cream/ half & half, and it's a much lower calorie/carb chowder base. Shrimp & corn, chicken & spinach, or any other creamy soup you want.

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You might be surprised how creamy it comes out without the addition of cream

That being said I do put some finely grated parm in my blended cauliflower soups