Recipe courtesy of Beth Draiscol

Avocado Corn Gazpacho

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 to 8 servings
  • Total: 2 hr 20 min
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Inactive: 2 hr
It's a meal with some tortilla chips and a light green salad.
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Ingredients

1 zucchini, coarsely chopped

1 yellow squash, coarsely chopped

1 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped

1 small yellow onion, coarsely chopped

1 jalapeno, seeds removed, coarsely chopped

1 teaspoon chopped garlic

3 ripe avocados

1 1/2 cups fresh corn, cut from 1 or 2 cobs. (frozen may be used, but when in season, you cannot beat fresh corn!)

1/3 cup finely chopped cilantro leaves

1/2 cup lime juice

5 to 5 1/2 cups ice cold water

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Put the zucchini, yellow onion, bell pepper, onion, serrano and garlic in bowl of food processor and pulse briefly. The pieces should be small but not minced or soupy. Transfer the vegetable mixture to a large bowl. Halve and pit the avocados. Put 1/2 an avocado in the food processor and pulse to puree. Dice the remaining 1 1/2 avocados. To the bowl of vegetables, add the avocado puree, diced avocado, fresh corn, tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice, cold water, and salt and pepper. Mix gently with a large spoon. Taste and adjust the salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and refrigerate until ice cold. Ladle into soup bowls and serve.

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reedmaxson

The notes say that this recipe was scaled down and that FN chefs have not tested this recipe.  I wonder if someone forgot to scale down the amount of water when scaling down the recipe because, to me, this recipe is way too watery.  Other gazpacho recipes I've seen don't have any water added; this recipe calls for 5 - 5 1/2 cups!<br /><br />After tasting the next day, I strained out most of the water and added two peeled, chopped and pulsed tomatoes, almost ½ cup extra virgin olive oil, 1 tablespoon cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, returned ½ cup of the strained water, about  ¼  teaspoon more salt and a little more ground pepper. I think it's better. If made again, I would use ½ red onion in lieu of the yellow onion, and might omit the cilantro. [I saved the strained water and will use it for something else.]

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