Butternut Squash, Smoked Sausage, Corn, & Wild
Rice Soup
This soup is thick, hearty, and delicious.
It takes a long time to make, but it's worth it. The big pot
recipe
feeds at least eight people, the small pot four.
Big Pot
|
Small Pot
|
|
2 to
2½ lb
|
1 to
1¼ lb
|
butternut
squash, cut in half and seeded |
| 12
cups (total) |
6 cups
(total) |
chicken
stock |
| 2½
cups (total) |
1¼
cups (total) |
onion,
diced |
| 2
packages |
1
package |
Uncle Ben's Long Grain &
Wild Rice |
1 tbl
|
|
olive
oil
|
| 1 lb |
½ lb |
kielbasa
or any smoked sausage, sliced about 1/8" thick |
3
cups
|
1½
cups
|
frozen
corn kernels |
1 tsp
|
½ tsp
|
salt |
½ tsp
|
¼ tsp
|
pepper
|
| 1½
cups |
¾ cup |
fat
free half & half |
Heat your oven
to 400°. Rub the cut side of the squash with some olive oil,
season with salt and pepper, place cut
side up on a baking pan, and bake for 1 hour. Remove the
squash from the oven, let it cool, and scoop out all of
the squash pulp. In a food processor, blender, or best of
all with an immersion blender, blend the squash with two
cups of chicken stock for the big pot and 1 cup for until it is
smooth then set it aside.
In a large pot with a cover, add 8 cups of the chicken stock and a
cup of onions for the big pot and 4 cups of chicken
stock and an half cup of onions for the small pot. Bring this to a
boil then lower to a simmer. Stir in two
packages of Uncle Ben's for the big pot and one for the small pot.
Add the seasoning packet(s) and cook, uncovered, until the rice
is tender and most of the stock is absorbed (usually about an
hour).
When most of the stock is absorbed, turn the heat off, cover the
pot, and set it aside.
In a non-stick frying pan, add the tablespoon or one and a half
teaspoons of olive oil. Add the sausage and brown
it for about three minutes. Add the corn, remaining onion,
and salt and pepper, and saute for 3 to 5
minutes.
Transfer the sausage mixture to the large pot with the rice
mixture, add the remaining stock, and squash puree. Stir
well and bring to a simmer. Skim off any fat the rises to
the surface, remove from the heat, and add the half
& half. Serve.
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