HOW TO MAKE JAMAICAN CHICKEN AND PUMPKIN SOUP RECIPE | WINTER COMFORT FOOD | Hawt Chef

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Turkey is leaner, while chicken thighs are often less expensive.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Light coconut milk reduces calories, while evaporated milk is more affordable.

pumpkin

🥗Healthier: butternut squash

💰Cheaper: sweet potatoes

Butternut squash is similar in flavor, while sweet potatoes are often cheaper.

allspice

🥗Healthier: mixed spice

💰Cheaper: ground cinnamon

Mixed spice can mimic the flavor profile, while cinnamon is usually less expensive.

Remove skin from the chicken and trim excess fat.

Cut chicken drumsticks in half and thigh into six pieces.

Wash chicken with fresh lime juice and massage with salt.

Add chicken pieces to a pot and cover with water to boil.

Skim off any debris from the chicken after boiling for 5 minutes.

Add 4 L of water to the pot with the chicken.

Add 10-12 pimento berries and 3 garlic cloves to the pot.

Add 1.5 lbs of peeled and cut Jamaican pumpkin to the water.

Stir in 1.5 tbsp of chicken soup mix and allow to boil.

While the pumpkin is cooking, prepare dumplings with 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup fine grain cornmeal, 1/4 tsp salt, and 4 tbsp water.

Knead the dumpling dough until smooth and set aside.

Peel and cut 1/2 lb of yellow yam and soak in lime water to prevent oxidation.

Peel and cut 1-2 Irish potatoes into larger chunks and soak in lime water.

Prepare 1 cho cho by sectioning and removing the core, then chop it up.

Chop 1 medium carrot into larger chunks and rinse off lime juice.

Chop 3 stalks of green onions and wash with lime juice.

Pinch off pieces of dumpling dough and roll into small balls, then press to shape.

Add dumplings to the boiling soup and stir.

Once the pumpkin is soft, crush it slightly to release color and flavor.

Add yellow yam, Irish potatoes, and cho cho to the soup after dumplings start floating.

Cook for an additional 5 minutes before adding chicken pieces back to the pot.

Add a bundle of fresh thyme and 1 green Scotch Bonnet pepper to the soup.

Season to taste with chicken soup mix.

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