Hot soup can burn your tongue in more ways than one.
A hot bowl of homemade soup can be restorative when you feel under the weather and warming on a chilly evening. But sometimes, the soup can be a little too warming and spicy ingredients overpower the flavor of the dish. If you've got a stockpot of simmering soup that's just a smidge too spicy for you to enjoy, there are a few ways you can attempt to cool down the heat of the dish.
Instructions
1. Remove any spicy ingredients with a slotted spoon. By removing any chunks of hot peppers or their seeds that may still be floating in the broth, you can keep the soup from getting hotter, and remove large bits that would cause intense heat when bitten into.
2. Double the batch. Thin out the too spicy soup by doubling the recipe, omitting any spicy ingredients.
3. Drain the excess broth from the soup prior to serving. This will transform even a thin soup into a chunkier stew, and eliminate much of the spice from the broth.
4. Add ingredients than can balance out spice. A dollop of yogurt or sour cream can soothe the burn of a hot soup, as can added chunks of diced potato.
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