Butternut Squash and Spicy Sausage Soup

Name: Butternut Squash and Spicy Sausage Soup
Prep time: 1 h 18 min
Cook time: 1 h 18 min
Total time: 1 h 18 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 unpeeled butternut squash, halved and seeded; 780 grams chicken broth; 237 milliliters frozen corn; 1 Tbsp ground black pepper, or to taste; 118 milliliters heavy cream (optional); 1 Tbsp olive oil; 8 servings salt to taste; 8 servings salt, to taste; 567 grams spicy turkey sausage, casings removed; 473 milliliters water; 118 milliliters long grain white rice; 1 large yellow onion, chopped

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Butternut Squash and Spicy Sausage Soup a try. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 17g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 294 calories. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 18 minutes. A mixture of salt, chicken broth, spicy turkey sausage, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the heavy cream you could follow this main course with the Homemade Blizzards with Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Pour 1 cup of water into 9x13 baking dish.

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Water

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Place the butternut squash into the prepared baking dish, cut side down.

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Butternut Squash

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Bake in preheated oven until squash is easily pierced with a fork, about 45 minutes.

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Squash

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Meanwhile, place the rice and remaining 1 cup of water into a saucepan. Bring to a boil, uncovered, over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until water is absorbed and rice is fluffy, about 20 minutes.

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Rice

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Remove from the heat and fluff with a fork.

Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion, and cook until tender and transparent, about 5 minutes.

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Soup

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Mix in the turkey sausage; cook until crumbly and evenly browned.

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Drain any excess fat. Stir in the cooked rice and corn.

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Corn

Scoop out cooked squash and place in a blender or bowl of a food processor. Discard squash peels.

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Squash

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Pour chicken broth into the blender or bowl of a food processor with the squash. Blend until smooth, about 1 minute.

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Squash

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Stir squash mixture into the sausage mixture until well blended. Season with pepper, and salt to taste. If desired, stir in the heavy cream. Simmer soup over medium heat until heated through, about 15 minutes, but do not boil.

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Heavy Cream