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Caribbean Chicken Soup

A delicious chicken soup, packed with provisions, vegetables and dumplings. The perfect filling soup for the cold weather
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Caribbean
Calories: 554

Ingredients
  

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 2 tablespoons green seasoning
  • 2 blades scallion
  • 3 cups diced pumpkin
  • 2 carrots chopped into 1-inch pieces
  • 2 stalks celery chopped into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 large Irish potatoes About 1lb, cut into small cubes
  • 1 sweet potato cubed
  • 1 christophene peeled and sliced into pieces
  • 1 pack chicken noodle soup
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper
  • 8 cups of water plus 2 additional
  • For dumplings
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method
 

  1. Season chicken breasts with green seasoning and set aside.
  2. Add water to a deep, large pot and bring water to boil
  3. Add pumpkin and chicken to water and cook until pumpkin is tender about 15 minutes
  4. Combine dumpling ingredients at this time and leave to rest.
  5. Once the pumpkin is tender add chicken soup, celery, christophene, carrots, potatoes, salt, and black pepper.
  6. If the chicken has not broken up, take out and chop and add back to soup
  7. Make dumplings into either spinners or flat and add to the pot.
  8. If water has dissovled and soup is too thick add additional water.
  9. Add thyme, pepper, and scallion and cook another 10 minutes (add more water if needed)

Nutrition

Calories: 554kcal

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