Jamaican Chicken/Pumpkin Soup

Jamaican Chicken/Pumpkin Soup

I figured it was so cold and yucky outside , that it was the best time to make a large pot of warm,comforting chicken soup just like from home! i hope you like i know i will .

Happy cooking!


What you need:

8 cups water
2 chicken leg quarters
2 large carrots peeled & sliced
1 small butternut squash  peeled & cut into chunks( if Jamaican pumpkin not avail)
4 small to med onions cut into quarters
4 sprigs fresh thyme
4 tsp black pepper
salt to taste
Dasheen( feel free to add cho cho or yam , dumplin)
2 med potatoes
1 pack cock soup mix or chicken soup mix
1 scotch bonnet pepper
1 scallion


Dumplings:
1 3/4 c. All-purpose Flour
3/4 c water
2 tsp salt

What to do:
In a stock pot combine water, chicken, pumpkin,carrots, onions,2 sprigs thyme and salt and pepper and bring to a boil and cook until chicken is cooked through and carrots are partially cooked .(may need to top up the water before adding remaining ingredients)

Peel and cut Dasheen and potatoes(and yam if avail) into large pieces , add to pot.Add pack of soup. Combine ingredients for dumplings and knead until very firm and smooth. form into dumplings and add to pot.

Add scallion , remaining sprigs of thyme and scotch bonnet pepper  turn stove to simmer and cook for 25 min or until the dasheen, potatoes and dumplings are cooked