Butternut Squash Soup with a Kick

Description

A great soup to warm you up in a hurry. Great any time of year. You can play with the volumes of jalapeno and ginger and sour cream, to whatever you like. You can vary the amount of sour cream you add depending on how ‘hot’ you want the soup to taste.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1 (2 pound) butternut squash – peeled, seeded, and cubed
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
  • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
  • ½ cup coconut milk
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • salt and black pepper to taste
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onion
  2. ginger
  3. and jalapeño pepper; cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent
  4. about 7 minutes.
  5. Add butternut squash and chicken broth; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low
  6. cover
  7. and simmer until squash is tender
  8. about 30 minutes.
  9. Stir in evaporated milk
  10. coconut milk
  11. sugar
  12. salt
  13. and pepper. Cook and stir 5 minutes more.
  14. Pour soup into a blender
  15. filling the pitcher no more than halfway. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel; carefully start the blender
  16. using a few quick pulses to get soup moving before leaving it on to purée. Purée in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. (Alternately
  17. you can use a stick blender and purée soup in the cooking pot.) Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with sour cream and thyme to serve.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 6

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