Thai Butternut Squash Soup
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4.9
33 reviews
Excellent
Thai Butternut Squash Soup
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A delicious way to use up seasonal butternut squash! This Thai inspired soup is brimming with flavor, it has a velvety creamy texture and it's super tasty when finished with crunchy peanuts and fresh cilantro.
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Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 yellow onion chopped (1 1/2 cups, medium
- 3 cloves garlic minced (1 Tbsp
- 1 Tbsp ginger peeled and minced
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Thai red curry paste
- 5 cups chicken broth low-sodium
- 1 butternut squash peeled, seeded and diced into 3/4-inch cubes, 2 1/2 lb
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- salt
- 1 cup coconut milk divided, full fat
- 1 Tbsp lime juice fresh
- 1/2 cup peanuts for serving, chopped, honey roasted or unsalted
- 1/4 cup cilantro for serving, fresh, chopped
- red pepper flakes for serving (optional
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and saute 5 minutes then add garlic and ginger and saute 1 minute.
- Add Thai red curry paste and saute 1 more minute. Stir in chicken broth, while scrapping bottom of pan.
- Add squash and sugar and season with salt to taste.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat then reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally until squash is very soft, about 15 - 20 minutes.
- Stir in 2/3 cup coconut milk and lime juice. Puree soup with an immersion blender*. Season with more salt as needed.
- Serve warm topping each serving with additional coconut milk, peanuts, cilantro and red pepper flakes.
Notes
- This can also be pureed in batches in a blender, filling it no more than half full and covering blender with lid and removing lids center insert and covering with a folded kitchen towel.
- Recipe source: adapted from Family Circle and Cooking Light
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