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Irish food is real comfort food. Food for families and happy times. Enjoy these easy and fun St. Patrick's Day soup recipes. What can be more Irish than a tasty soup?

What You Need:

How to Make It:

1. Melt the butter in a kettle placed over medium heat.
2. Add the onion and celery and stir to coat with the butter.
3. Cook 8 minutes or until the vegetables are fork tender, stiring often.
4. Stir in the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
5. Pour the chicken broth into the kettle.
6. Carefully stir in the carrots and cabbage.
7. Add in the bay leaf, parsley, thyme and pepper and stir to incorporate.
8. Bring the soup to a steady boil.
9. Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium low and cover the kettle.
10. Allow the soup to simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. 
11. Up the heat to medium then stir in the corned beef.
12. As the soup begins to boil carefully add in the tomatoes.
13. When the soup has returned to a steady boil reduce the heat again to medium low.
14. Cook uncovered for 15 minutes.
15. Sprinkle in the salt and stir to combine.

Serves:  8

Corned beef was originally substituted by the Irish Americans for bacon in the late 1800's.  Many believe that eating corned beef with cabbage on St. Patrick's Day brings good luck throughout the year. 

Easy Irish Coddle

What You Need:

How to Make It:

1. Place the bacon in a skillet positioned over medium heat.
2. Fry the bacon 10 minutes or until very crisp.
3. Remove the bacon to a piece of paper towel to drain.
4. Remove all but 1 T of the bacon drippings from the pan and discard.
5. Place the sausage links into the skillet with the reserved drippings.
6. Brown the sausage 8 minutes, turning often to brown all sides.
7. Remove the sausage and drain on paper towel.
8. Place the onion and garlic cloves into the drippings in the skillet
9. Adjust the heat to medium low and cook for 5 minutes or until just beginning to soften.
10. Crumble the bacon into the bottom of large soup pot.
11. Place the cooked sausage into the pot with the bacon.
12. Add the softened onions and garlic cloves.
13. Place the potatoes and carrots into the pot.
14. Sprinkle the salt and pepper over the ingredients.
15. Pour enough of the apple cider over the mixture in the pot to just cover.
16. Cover the pot and cook over medium low heat for 1 1/2 hours.
17. Sprinkle the parsley over the soup just before serving.

Serves:  6

Coddle is a traditional Irish dish.  It is considered a comfort food in Ireland and is typically eaten during the winter months.  Coddle is steamed not boiled so a tight fitting lid on the soup pot is essential.  Remember to check your coddle during cooking to ensure it is not boiling.  Should it begin to boil, lower your heat to the lowest setting and adjust your cooking time to 2 hours. 

End of the Rainbow Golden Soup

What You Need:

How to Make It:

1. Place the butter in a soup kettle over medium heat and allow the butter to melt.
2. Once the butter has melted add the onion and stir to coat with the butter.
3. Cook the onion 5 minutes or just until soft.
4. Add the carrots, potatoes and garlic and stirring often cook for 3 minutes.
5. Pour the broth into the kettle and stir to combine the ingredients.
6. Cover the kettle and bring the broth to a brisk boil.
7. Once boiling, reduce the heat to low and allow the soup to simmer 30 minutes or until the vegetables are fork tender.
8. Remove the kettle from the heat and use a slotted spoon to remove a quarter of the carrot slices.
9. A little at time place the soup into the blender and puree until very smooth.
10. Once all the soup has been pureed return it to the kettle.
11. Stir the milk into the pureed soup until well combined.
12. Place the kettle back over low heat and cook, being sure to not let the soup boil,
13. for 15 minutes or until just heated through.
14. Once heated through stir in the salt and pepper until well combined.
15. Pour the soup into bowls then add some of the reserved carrot slices to each bowl. 

Serves: 6

By reserving some of the carrots and placing it in the soup when ready to serve everyone can find the gold at the end of the rainbow.  Taste the soup before adding the salt and pepper.  Many times a vegetable broth will be highly seasoned and salt and pepper may not be needed.  You can also substitute chicken broth for the vegetable broth if you prefer.

These recipes for St. Patrick's day should provide you withcomfort food for as long as you need, summer or winter. Who said you canonly eat soup when it is cold? Soup tastes great always,

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