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Easy Butternut Squash Soup

Name: Easy Butternut Squash Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 3 shallots (chopped); 3 teaspoons garlic paste (or 3 cloves of garlic, minced); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 1/2 cups chicken stock (divided); 1 medium/large butternut squash (peeled and cubed); 1 teaspoon salt; Sprinkles of nutmeg; Dribbles of sour cream

Last updated on May 4, 2021. Originally posted on December 11, 2017 By Elaine 42 Comments

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Picture yourself outside in the crisp autumn air, placing the last handful of leaves that you laboriously raked in a bag. What would top off that satisfied feeling? Going into the house to a bowlful of this easy butternut squash soup.

two bowls of squash soup with rolls in the background

This soup is so satisfying and hearty. You can either eat it as a side dish or as the main meal, which I tend to do. I usually take a slice of crusty bread and dip it right into the delicious soup and call it a meal.

One of the things I love about this squash soup is it’s full-bodied, comforting and can be eaten either with spice or without. I would put spice in it if Christopher could take the heat but he can’t.

So what I usually do is shake a little chili powder in my bowl so I can have the best of both worlds.

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Helpful tips

When you pick out your squash, it should be heavy for its size and blemish free.
When you peel butternut squash, there is a residue that gets on your hands. I usually either wear two disposable gloves or the kind of gloves you use washing dishes.
I usually cut the squash in 4 pieces before I peel it. I also scoop out the seeds at this time too.
You can either transfer the soup in batches to a blender or do yourself a favor and get an immersion blender.
I use sour cream as a garnish. If I’m going to serve this soup at a dinner party, I add the drizzle in the soup tureen. But if I’m just serving it to just hubby and I, I just garnish the soup in the bowls.
Here’s how to dribble sour cream over the soup – Take a plastic sandwich bag and add a few tablespoons of sour cream to it. Grip the bag so the sour cream is forced into one of the corners and hold it over the bowl of soup. Cut that corner off of the bag and squeeze the sour cream over the soup in any design you like.

How to make easy butternut squash soup

Pre-step

Get you Dutch oven or medium sized stockpot.

Step one

Gather the main ingredient – butternut squash.

A single squash standing proud and alone on a table

Step two

Peel the squash (see helpful tips). Cut it into little chunks.

Step three

Cut up the shallots and get the garlic and olive oil.

Shallots, cut squash, garlic paste and olive oil along with a red Dutch oven in the background

Step four

Heat the Dutch oven on medium and once that heats up, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and butter.

Step five

Add the shallots and sauté them for 10 minutes, just enough to get the shallots a little translucent.

Step six

Add ½ cup of chicken broth in with the shallots and add the squash, garlic and salt. Cover the pan and sauté for 10 minutes, stirring periodically.

Cut squash cooked in chicken broth with some onions in a red pot and a wooden spoon in the pot

Time to simmer

Step seven

Add the rest of the broth and lower the heat to a simmer for 40 minutes. Stick a fork into the squash to make sure it is tender.

Add 5 minutes if not.

Step eight

Use an immersion blender and blend until nice and smooth.

Time to serve

I ladle the squash soup into my tureen and dribble some sour cream on top!

Sour cream squiggled on the thick squash soup with crocks and rolls in the background

Ladle the squash soup in a few crock dribble a little more sour cream on top.

Two brown crocks filled with squash soup with sour cream squiggled on top

Overhead shot, just to be thorough!

Overhead view of the two brown crocks with the soup and sour cream garnish

So, I hope you enjoyed this easy butternut squash soup recipe. Please leave me a comment because I’d love to know what you think.

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