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Chipotle Pumpkin Soup
From ingredients to enjoyment, this recipe makes it easy to create something wonderful.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings:
2
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
Chipotle Pumpkin Soup:
- 2 tsp olive oil
- ⅓ yellow onion diced
- 2-3 garlic cloves, minced, to taste
- ½-1 chipotle pepper Use canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced
- 1-2 tsp adobo sauce to taste
- ⅓ tsp cumin
- ⅓ tsp oregano dried
- 1 (oz) pumpkin puree Not the pie filling, canned
- 2 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
- lime juice juice from 1/2 lime, or more, to taste
- black pepper sea salt and freshly cracked, to taste
- salt sea salt and freshly cracked, to taste
- cilantro fresh, chopped, for serving
Lime Sour Cream:
- 3 tbsp sour cream
- lime juice juice from 1/2 lime, or more to taste
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, for 4-5 minutes.
- Add the minced garlic, chopped chipotle, chipotle juice, cumin, and oregano then cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
- Add the canned pumpkin puree then whisk in the chicken broth. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer and cover with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Add the lime juice and mix well. Taste the soup then season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
- Make the lime sour cream by adding a few tablespoons of sour cream to a small dish then add juice from half a lime and mix. Taste and add more lime juice, if needed, per your tastes.
- Serve soup with some lime sour cream drizzled on top and lots of freshly chopped cilantro on the side. Enjoy!
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