JAMAICAN CHICKEN & PUMPKIN SOUP

April 23, 2021

Jamaican chicken and pumpkin soup is an excellent and tasty recipe. The combination of Caribbean flavors is a mouth watering fusion worthy of being repeated over and over again.

INGREDIENTS:

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  • 2 Chicken Thighs (cubed)
  • 1 Grace Chicken Flavoured Soup Mix
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  • 1 Grace Pumpkin Flavoured Soup Mix
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  • 1 pack Maggi Season-Up Chicken Powered Seasoning
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  • 1 tbsp Grace Caribbean Traditions Ginger Garlic Pimento Seasoning
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  • 6 Ocho Rios Pimento berries
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  • ¼ tsp Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce
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  • 2 stalk escallion, chopped
  • 2 cloves of crushed garlic
  • ½ lb pumpkin or squash, peeled and cut in cubes
  • 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut in cubes
  • 2 sprig of thyme
  • 1 chayote (Chocho), peeled and cut in cubes
  • 1 corn, cut in 5 pieces
  • 1 medium carrot, chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • 4 cups of water

Dumpling mixture

  • 2 tbsp Grace Fine Enriched Yellow Cornmeal
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  • 1 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • Water

    DIRECTIONS:

    Instruction for making dumplings
    • Add flour, cornmeal and salt to a medium bowl and mix well to evenly combine the dry ingredients.
    • Add water gradually to form a dough.
    • Divide dough into smaller pieces, and roll in the palm of your hands to form round flat dumplings. Set aside for soup.
    Instruction for making chicken pumpkin soup
    • Add 4 cups water to a large pot and bring to a boil. Place chicken, garlic, thyme, escallion, pimento berries and scotch bonnet sauce into the pot. Allow to boiling for 7 minutes.
    • Begin to add the dumplings, pumpkin, sweet potato, chayote, corn and carrot to the pot. Allow the pot to continue cooking for an additional 10 minutes before seasoning the pot.
    • Add the chicken noodle soup mix, pumpkin soup mix, Maggi chicken seasoning, ginger garlic pimento seasoning to the pot. Add salt to taste if necessary.
    • Cover the pot and allow soup to cook for 45mintues, reducing the heat to a medium flame and stirring the pot occasionally.
    • Soup is ready when the vegetables are soft and tender and the soup as a thick, rich texture.
    • Serve in a bowl and enjoy.
    COOK TIME: 1:10 MINUTES
    PREPERATION TIME: 30 MINTUES
    TOTAL TIME: 1:40 MINUTES

       

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