I'm making tortilla soup for dinner. It's a recipe I've made many times before. The only difference, is I used jalapenos from our garden. Apparently, they are WAY more hot then grocery store jalapenos. That soup is so hot and spicy!! My eyes are watering, nose running, mouth burning!! I already added more stock, because I made stock the other night. A whole extra quart went in, and did nothing to dilute the heat. What should I do? This is way too hot for me to eat!!
I added a dollop of plain greek yogurt, and it was fantastic!! Thanks, everyone :)
I'm guessing it is too late, but adding brown sugar (really, any sugar) can help balance out food that is too spicy.
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Unfortunately there are only two ways, dilutions or milk.
You have a couple of options... double the recipe (but eliminate the jalapenos from the second bath). Then mix the two. Or you could drain off some of the liquid and replace it with cream or milk. It makes the soup milky... but cuts the spice. Or, serve with potatoes and sour cream. They both cut down on spicyness.
Do you have sour cream? Serve it with sour cream and it will help cut the spiciness! :)
Gotta go with some type of dairy. Either milk, cream or sour cream to reduce the heat.
Yep, the greeek yogurt is one of Hungry Girl's subs for sour cream. You can add some more bland veggies to it too--do you have some canned beans?
Add a little bit of sugar. It doesn't take out the spiciness, but it eases the blow. Also, serve with a little sour cream mixed in. Sounds yummy!!
