Soup, Chili, Stew and Dumpling Recipes
Shrimp and Cream Cheese Soup
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup sweet cream butter
- 1 cup chopped green onion tops
- 2 (10 ounce) cans cream of potato soup
- 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel or shoepeg corn
- 1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 pound cooked cocktail shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning
Instructions
- In a heavy 5 quart soup pot, slowly melt the cream cheese and the butter over low heat.
- Add the green onions and gently simmer them for about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Stir in the potato soup and both cans of corn and continue the simmering process for an additional 15 minutes.
- Begin stirring in the milk in order to reach the desired consistency, starting off with half a cup, then adding more if necessary.
- At this point the soup should be nice and thick, having the texture of light pancake batter.
- Just before serving, fold in the shrimp, stir in the seafood seasoning, and heat the pot to hot and bubbly.