Recipe courtesy of Jennifer Paterson

Pumpkin Soup

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Total: 1 hr
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Cook: 40 min
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Ingredients

1 large onion

1 garlic clove, crushed

3 scallions, trimmed and sliced

1 scotch bonnet pepper

Oil

1 chicken breast, diced

1 chicken thigh, diced

1 1/2 pints (3 cups) chicken stock

1 pumpkin (2 pounds) peeled, seeded, cut into 1-inch cubes and roasted

Fresh thyme

Salt and fresh ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Saute onion, garlic, scallions, scotch bonnet in oil until softened. Add the diced chicken and saute slightly. Add the chicken stock, roasted pumpkin, thyme, salt and pepper and simmer for approximately 1/2 hour. Puree. Serve.

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Scubaguy

I’ve been making this since the 90’s and always without the chicken meat, just really good chicken stock.  Sometimes I substitute acorn or kabocha squash for the pumpkin, leeks for onion or jalapeño for scotch bonnet but it’s always delicious.  

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