Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

This rich and full flavored Butternut Squash Soup Recipe can be served as a starter or a main dish entrée. Add a side of crusty bread for dipping and it’s a fall feast in the making.

Easy Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

I adore butternut squash in most any form. It features a buttery texture and mouth feel and takes on seasonings and flavors beautifully. This soup is rich and full flavored making it a hearty pleasing meal. How to make creamy Butternut Squash Soup:

• Squash – 3 to 4 pound butternut squash to equal about 8 cups. It should be peeled and cubed, reserve the seeds for roasting.
• Butter – Salted or unsalted butter.
• Vegetables – Sweet potato and diced onion.
• Apple – Honeycrisp apples.
• Liquid – Chicken stock or chicken broth and heavy cream.
• Seasonings, Salt, black pepper, turmeric, cayenne, ground ginger and nutmeg.
• Fresh thyme and sour cream for serving

How to Make the BEST Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

The most intimidating thing about butternut squash is not cooking it, but the preparing to cook. There’s no need to worry, it’s the tough outer skin that once peeled, it becomes a cinch to cube or slice for cooking. A few basic technique for cutting butternut squash:

• Kitchen tools you’ll need to make Butternut Squash Soup: A Dutch oven or large pot, sharp knife and cutting board, measuring cups and spoons, large spoon and ladle for serving. You’ll also need a sheet pan to roast the seeds.
• Use a sharp knife to cut a thin slice to level from the top and bottom of the butternut squash.
• Next, use a potato peeler to remove the outer skin moving from top to bottom holding the squash on the leveled base.
• Once the skin has been removed. Cut squash from top to bottom into two halves. This will be easy to do since the top tough skin has already been removed.
• Use a large spoon to remove the stringy center and seeds. Separate out the seeds for roasting.
• Lay squash cut side down on a cutting board, then slice into 3/4 inch slices, and cube.
• This soup can be prepared up to two days in advance, then placed into an airtight container and chilled. Reheat on the stovetop just before serving.
• You can make and freeze this soup up to 2 months in advance. Thaw in the fridge and reheat on the stovetop just before serving.

How to Roast Butternut Squash Seeds for the Garnish

While it’s perfectly delicious all on its own, butternut squash comes with its own garnish in the form of seeds. Once seasoned and roasted they add texture, visual appeal and a delicious flavor to the soup. Roasting gives them a flavor very similar to popcorn. To Roast the Seeds:

• Separate seeds out from the stringy inside. Rinse well under water and pat dry with paper towels.
• Toss seeds with a drizzle of olive oil, salt and paprika, to your taste.
• Spread seeds onto a sheet pan in a single layer.
• Roast in a 375°F oven for 10-15 minutes, until toasted. You may hear a popping noise as they near the end of roasting.
• Set aside and let cool until serving.

More Easy Squash Recipes to Make

• Roasted Butternut Squash with a Sage Honey Butter Sauce is dressed to impress.
• Fried Squash can be served as a side dish or an appetizer.
• Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash is perfect for fall celebrations.
• Baked Zucchini with Tomatoes and Gouda Cheese.
• Homestyle Squash Casserole is topped with a crunchy topping that makes it so delicious.
• Fried Squash Croquettes are perfection during garden season and squash is in abundance.
• Italian Sausage Stuffed Summer Squash can double as a side dish or an entree.
• Grilled Shrimp and Squash Skewers from Southern Living.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• Dutch Oven
• Kitchen Utensils
• Knives and Chopping Board
• Soup Bowls