Jamaican Pumpkin Soup

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Jamaican Pumpkin soup is filled with Hearty Vegetables and Caribbean flavors and great during the colder fall and winter months.

Jamaican Pumpkin soup

 

Yields8 Servings
Prep Time20 minsCook Time2 hrsTotal Time2 hrs 20 mins
 4 Chicken Back (or 1 lb of chicken of choice)
 1 Large White sweet potato peeled and cubed
 ¼ Pumpkin cubed (skin optional)
 4 Spring Onion
 4 Whole Garlic cloves
 Handful of Fresh Thyme
 1 Whole Scotch bonnet
 2 Corn cut into rounds
 2 Green Banana cut into thin rounds
 ¼ Yellow or white Yam peeled and cut into small cubes
 1 tbsp All Purpose seasoning
 1 tbsp Salt
 3 tbsp Butter
 1 tsp Green Seasoning
 8 Pimento Berries
 2 Irish Potatoes peeled and cubed
 5 cups Water (add more if needed)
 1 Package of Cock Flavor Soup seasoning
1

First, wash and clean the chicken backs removing access skin and fat. Place into pot along with spring onion, fresh thyme, garlic cloves, pimento berries and salts.

Bring the pot to a boil, cooking the chicken backs until soft (about 45 minutes to 1 hour). Within 30 minutes of cook time, add the pumpkin.

2

After 1 hr pour in the cock flavor packet and mix well to dissolve the seasonings also taking the back of the spoon and mashing the soft pumpkin incorporating it into the broth.

3

Finally, throw in the rest of the vegetables followed by the dumplings. Continue to cook covered on a lower setting until dumplings float to the top and or vegetables are tender but not breaking apart.

Ingredients

 4 Chicken Back (or 1 lb of chicken of choice)
 1 Large White sweet potato peeled and cubed
 ¼ Pumpkin cubed (skin optional)
 4 Spring Onion
 4 Whole Garlic cloves
 Handful of Fresh Thyme
 1 Whole Scotch bonnet
 2 Corn cut into rounds
 2 Green Banana cut into thin rounds
 ¼ Yellow or white Yam peeled and cut into small cubes
 1 tbsp All Purpose seasoning
 1 tbsp Salt
 3 tbsp Butter
 1 tsp Green Seasoning
 8 Pimento Berries
 2 Irish Potatoes peeled and cubed
 5 cups Water (add more if needed)
 1 Package of Cock Flavor Soup seasoning

Directions

1

First, wash and clean the chicken backs removing access skin and fat. Place into pot along with spring onion, fresh thyme, garlic cloves, pimento berries and salts.

Bring the pot to a boil, cooking the chicken backs until soft (about 45 minutes to 1 hour). Within 30 minutes of cook time, add the pumpkin.

2

After 1 hr pour in the cock flavor packet and mix well to dissolve the seasonings also taking the back of the spoon and mashing the soft pumpkin incorporating it into the broth.

3

Finally, throw in the rest of the vegetables followed by the dumplings. Continue to cook covered on a lower setting until dumplings float to the top and or vegetables are tender but not breaking apart.

Jamaican Pumpkin Soup
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