Hot-and-Sour Pumpkin Soup

Name: Hot-and-Sour Pumpkin Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters Asian fish sauce; 1 kilograms sugar or cheese pumpkin, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1-inch cubes (6 cups); 2 quarts chicken stock, or 1 qt canned chicken broth and 1 qt water; 237 milliliters dry white wine; 1 Tbsp chopped peeled fresh ginger; 1 inch galangal (thawed if frozen), peeled and coarsely chopped; 1 Tbsp chopped garlic; 4 kaffir lime leaves (fresh or frozen); 6 lemongrass stalks (bottom 5 inches only), coarsely chopped; 79 milliliters fresh lime juice; 1 large onion, coarsely chopped; 8 servings shrimp toasts; 1 Tbsp sugar; 3 to 5 fresh (1 1/2-inch) Thai chiles or 2 fresh jalapeño chiles, trimmed and coarsely chopped (seed chiles if a milder flavor is desired); 3 Tbsps vegetable oil

Hot-and-Sour Pumpkin Soup is a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian soup. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 138 calories, 3g of protein, and 5g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up asian fish sauce, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, and a few other things to make it today. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cook onion, garlic, and ginger in 1 tablespoon oil in a 5-quart heavy pot over moderate heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, about 4 minutes.

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Garlic

Ginger

Onion

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Pot

Add pumpkin and wine and boil, uncovered, until wine is reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Stir in stock and simmer, covered, until pumpkin is tender, about 20 minutes.

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Pumpkin

Stock

Wine

Heat remaining tablespoon oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté lemongrass, galangal, and chiles to taste, stirring, until lightly browned, about 1 minute.

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Lemon Grass

Galangal

Chili Pepper

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Remove from heat.

Purée pumpkin mixture in batches (use caution when blending hot liquids) and return to pot. Stir in lemongrass mixture, lime leaves, lime juice, fish sauce, and sugar. Simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.

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Lime Leaves