Cajun Shrimp Boil Soup is a recipe with all the ingredients from a Cajun shrimp boil but made as a soup, so flavorful and easy to make!
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion diced
- kosher salt, pepper, Old Bay seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 pound smoked sausage or andouille sausage diced
- 6 to 7 cloves garlic
- 5 to 6 ears corn on the cob kernels cut from the cob
- 1 1/2 pounds redskin potatoes diced
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon chicken base (I used Better than Bouillon)
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- a few dashes cayenne pepper hot sauce or hot sauce of choice
- 1 1/2 pounds medium size shrimp peeled and deveined
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
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Set a large soup pot over medium heat and add the olive oil, diced onion, kosher salt, pepper, Old Bay, and crushed red pepper flakes. Cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring a few times.
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Add the diced sausage and garlic. Cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring a few times.
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Add the corn kernels, diced potatoes, more kosher salt, pepper, Old Bay, and crushed red pepper flakes. Cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring several times.
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Pour in the chicken broth and add the chicken base, fresh thyme, and hot sauce. Bring this to a boil and reduce the heat the medium low. Simmer for 20 minutes. For a thicker soup use an immersion blender to pulse the soup a few times.
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Add the shrimp and lemon juice. Cook 5 to 6 more minutes. Taste for seasoning and add more kosher salt, pepper, Old Bay, and/or crushed red pepper flakes as needed.