Butternut Squash Miso Soup

Butternut Squash Miso Soup is quite unique in the way that it is a thick blended soup, with hints of miso. It's sweet, but balanced because of the onions, zucchini and potato, giving it the perfect flavor for the start of lunch or dinner.

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• What You Will Need
• How to Make Butternut Squash Miso Soup
• How to Thicken Butternut Squash Soup
• Questions You May Have
• Butternut Squash Miso Soup

What You Will Need

There aren't too many ingredients in this recipe and most are things you may already stock in your fridge and pantry!

• Butternut Squash - I tend to buy a whole butternut squash and peel & chop it. Alternatively, you can buy pre-chopped butternut squash to make your life even easier.
• Zucchini - The zucchini is important because it cuts the sweet flavor of the butternut squash, making this soup very balanced.
• Onion & Garlic - Our aromatics are the base of any good soup, and most dishes, and they're no exception here.
• Potato - The potato in this soup will be used to thicken it, providing starch to the soup. Plus, it also cuts the sweet flavor of the butternut squash.
• Miso Paste - Miso is one of my latest favorite ingredients! It has such a unique flavor that in some dishes is very recognizable and in other is more subtle. In this recipe you do taste it, but it doesn't taste as strong as a regular miso soup.
• Vegetable Broth - I always opt for the Low Sodium Vegetable Broth, but you can also Imagine's No Chicken Chicken Broth for delicious flavor too! If you don't have vegetable broth, you can substitute with water, but you may need to improvise and add more spices to the soup.
• Harissa spice - I really love adding just a bit of Harissa to this soup to give it some spice, but if you don't like spicy foods you can leave it out. Feel free to swap in ¼ teaspoon of red pepper flakes if you don't have Harissa on hand.

How to Make Butternut Squash Miso Soup

• Begin with chopping the butternut squash into cubes and lathering it with the miso paste. Use your hands to mix the two ingredients together until the butternut squash is fully coated in miso and no miso clumps are visible.
• Next, sauté onions and garlic in oil until translucent. You'll want to do this in a pot over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
• Add in the cubed butternut squash, zucchini and potato. Mix and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the vegetable broth, salt, pepper, and harissa. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to a simmer and semi cover the pot with a lid. Cook for 20 minutes or until vegetables are fork tender.
• Transfer ¾ of the soup to a high speed blender (make sure to leave a vent at the top of the blender slightly open so steam can escape), and blend until thick and creamy.
• Pour blended soup back into the pot and mix together.
• Cook soup for another ten minutes until it simmers.
• Then, mix in the spinach and turn off the heat. Allow to cool slightly before eating!
• Add more salt and pepper if needed.

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How to Thicken Butternut Squash Soup

Thickening this butternut squash soup is quite easy! I like to use a potato to thicken it, because it provides starch to the broth plus when it is blended it becomes nice and thick.

You can also swap the potato for about ¼ cup of old fashioned rolled oats. You would not add them to the soup right away. Wait until the soup goes into the blender and then add them to the blender with the soup, then blend!

Rice is another great way to thicken soups. You can add ¼ cup rice to the pot during step 4 of the recipe, then when you blend the soup it will help thicken it.

Questions You May Have

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