Cook This: Squash, Yam, and Bacon Soup.

November 18, 2011

Hot soup on a cold fall day, nothing like it. There are quite a few steps in this recipe but it is very easy to make. You can most likely do it while you’ve got other things going on in the kitchen unless you’re a really poor multi-tasker.

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

  • 2 lb butternut squash
  • 1.5 lb garnet yam
  • 1 large yellow onion
  • 1 lb bacon
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 cups simply stock (or homemade stock)
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 dried ancho chile
  • ground chili molido
  • fresh cilantro for garnish

Prep squash and yams

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut squash in half lengthwise, take out seeds.
  2. Paint or rub the face of squash with olive oil. Place face down on a baking sheet.
  3. Stab yams with a fork a few times, wrap in foil and place on baking sheet with the squash.
  4. Place sheet in oven.
  5. They are done when fork tender typically 45-60 minutes.
  6. Scoop insides into a bowl to reserve.

Prep bacon

  1. Cook bacon until crispy.
  2. Cool and dice.
  3. Place 2 TBSP bacon fat in a soup pot. I used my cast-iron enamel Dutch oven for this job.

Assemble soup

  1. Cut onion into medium dice.
  2. Mince 3-4 garlic cloves.
  3. Turn stove to medium heat and add onion and garlic to bacon fat.
  4. Sauté until soft.
  5. Add squash and yam, water, and stock to pot.
  6. Cut one dried ancho chile into thin strips over soup.
  7. Cook over low heat for 30 minutes.

Finishing touches

  1. Blend with hand blender or remove to blender, blend, and return to pot.
  2. Add bacon.
  3. Sprinkle with chile molido to taste. I add mine per each bowl because I like it really spicy and my five year old only likes it a little spicy.
  4. Garnish with a sprinkle and a sprig of fresh cilantro.

I’m not sure if this soup freezes well but we couldn’t try this time- we ate it all.

Serve with a protein and a green vegetable for a complete, well-rounded meal.

 

Enjoy!

-Dr Samantha

 

Comments:

  1. Martha
    11.28.11

    Sounds great! But what is chile molido? I’mnot familiar with it.

    Martha

  2. Dr. Samantha Brody
    01.01.12

    http://www.amazon.com/Los-Chileros-Molido-4-Ounce-Packages/dp/B001EO6GOU

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