Spicy Pumpkin Soup

5 from 3 votes

Spicy Pumpkin Soup is perfect for Fall and the holiday season! It warms you to the bones especially when you add a bit of heat! Grab your favorite soup bowl, ladle in a generous serving, top with hot pepper sauce and serve with hot crusty bread. The soup is thick and hearty so you can dip your bread wiping the bowl clean.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Course: Holidays, Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Spicy Pumpkin Soup

Servings: servings

Calories: 239kcal

Author: Bernice

Equipment

Cutting board and knife
Large soup pot
Hand blender, optional
Blender

Ingredients

Step 1 Ingredients

1 tbsp Olive Oil
1 Small Sweet Onion diced
2 Cloves Garlic chopped
1 tbsp Fresh Ginger chopped

Step 2 Ingredients

½ cup Crisp Dry White Wine I use Chardonnay
1 cup Chicken Broth
2 cups Pumpkin Puree divided
1 cup Light Cream
1 tsp Cinnamon
⅛ tsp Turmeric
¼ tsp Nutmeg
2 tbsp Sweetener optional
Salt to taste

Hot Pepper Sauce Ingredients

12 ounces Hot Peppers chopped (use gloves)
2 tsp Minced Garlic
3 tbsp Brown Sugar
7 tbsp Fresh Lime Juice
3 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
1 tbsp Worcestershire
1 tbsp Oyster Sauce

Instructions

Step 1 Preparation

In a large soup pan, heat olive oil and sauté the onions until soft.
Add garlic and ginger and simmer for a minute. Be careful because garlic burns easily.

Step 2 Preparation

Add your wine, chicken stock, and 1 cup pumpkin puree and mix.
If you want your soup smoother, you can blend it with a hand blender right in your soup pan. That is the method I like to use. Or you could carefully pour it into a blender and then back into your soup pan.
Mix in another cup of pumpkin puree and light cream.
Add your sweetener. How much you add is dependent upon the sweetness you want.
Add your cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg, and salt. If you do not like a lot of spices then add just a little of each and give it a taste test. Add more spices and salt until you are happy with the flavor.
Sometimes the cinnamon does not blend completely in the soup. If that happens, I use my hand blender to finish breaking up and blending the cinnamon.

Hot Pepper Sauce Preparation

Rinse and dry your peppers. Clean them wearing gloves as you do not want to get burned by the oils. Remember to never touch your eyes while cleaning peppers.
Place all the ingredients in a blender. You may use less or more of the ingredients that I used for this recipe. Puree soup until smooth. Store in sealed container in the refrigerator.

Serving the Spicy Pumpkin Soup

Ladle the Pumpkin Soup into a bowl.
Top with desired amount of Hot Pepper Sauce.

Notes

Calories are approximate based upon serving size and toppings. Calories does not include the Hot Pepper Sauce.

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