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06 October 2007

Tonight's yummitude. Chicken pumpkin chowder.
→[More:]CHICKEN PUMPKIN CHOWDER

2 Tbsp butter
1 small onion, minced
1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin
2 cups water
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 Tbsp sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups half-and half cream
1 large chicken breast (cooked and chopped)

Instructions:

Melt butter in Dutch oven. Add onion and saute' until tender.

Stir in pumpkin and next five ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer five minutes. Stir in half-and -half and cook until thoroughly heated. Do not boil.

Yields seven cups.

post by: chewatadistance at: 18:05 | 10 comments

oo ooo ooo! I am at this very moment making Guiness Stew, also in a Dutch oven.

perhaps this can be the Dutch Oven thread? (i mean recipes you knobs, not in the urbandictionary sense, plz and thx...)

Guiness Stew:
1.5 lb stew beef (chuck roast, cut up)
1/2 c. diced onion
3 tbsp minced/pressed garlic
1 pt. Guinness stout
5 c. beef broth
1 tsp. sage
1 tsp. rosemary
1 tbsp. pepper
1 tbsp. salt (optional)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. thyme (I am using fresh, tho, cos I've got it about)
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp. sugar (I left this out)
3/4 c. uncooked medium barley
2 bay leaves
3 carrots, sliced 1/4" rounds
3 ribs celery, 1/4" slice
2 lb. russet potatoes, 1/2" dice
1/4 c. olive oil

Heat oil in Dutch oven (I actually made a caramel/medium brown roux at this point). Brown beef on all sides, set aside. Saute onion/garlic in oil til softened and slightly browned. Pour in Guinness, stir, add beef broth, beef and all the seasonings/spices. Bring to boil, cover and simmer for 90 minutes. Add carrots, celery, potatoes and barley, simmer an additional 20-30 minutes or until barley is tender and veg are cooked through.

Yields 8 servings.

posted by lonefrontranger 06 October | 18:26

Huh. I saw cream of pumpkin soup on my trips down under.

posted by brujita 06 October | 18:38

We had curried pumpkin soup tonight along with turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, walnut mushroom stuffing, gravy, homemade cranberry sauce and Mayan cayenne chocolate cookies for desert.

posted by arse_hat 06 October | 19:34

Minestrone tonight... I haven't made it in forever.

posted by chuckdarwin 06 October | 19:51

*makes Homer drooling noise*

posted by Specklet 06 October | 20:23

yo arsey! do you have a recipe for those cookies, eh buddy ol pal?

and DUDE, what are you doing with that menu... Thanksgiving's not for a whole nother MONTH

posted by lonefrontranger 06 October | 23:30

"do you have a recipe for those cookies" Yes. I'll post in a day or too. to turkey zonked to do it now.

"Thanksgiving's not for a whole nother MONTH" You should be in Canada!

And hey we'll do it again for the yank version too.

posted by arse_hat 06 October | 23:47

lonefront that Guiness concoction looks fantastic - I'm pilfering that one. I don't think I've ever had Minestrone, cd. Does it have any meat in it? It's tomatoey, right?

I thought about adding walnuts or pecans to the pumpkin chowder for some crunch, but I didn't know if throwing them in with everything else would make it more acid-y, and if I should dump a few in when it's served. Anyone know anything about nuts in soup?

posted by chewatadistance 07 October | 06:42

chewie, if you add nuts to soup, you would typically add them as a last minute garnish. Otherwise they just get kind of rubbery. But yes, I've seen nuts in soup, and even used them.

Pecans, imo, as a garnish to that pumpkin chowder recipe would be fantastic.

posted by lonefrontranger 07 October | 10:19

Thanks lonefront - I'll give it a stab next batch. That soup was seriously tasty!

posted by chewatadistance 07 October | 18:23

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