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Creamy Southwestern Pumpkin Soup is for Soup.

Creamy Southwestern Pumpkin Soup takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Creamy Southwestern Pumpkin Soup takes 55 minutes to cook.

Creamy Southwestern Pumpkin Soup makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Creamy Southwestern Pumpkin Soup are:

2 tbsp. butter or margarine
1 large onion, chopped (about 2 cups)
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
5 cups chicken broth
1 large baking potato, peeled and chopped
11/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1 (15-oz.) can pumpkin
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 cups milk
3 tbsp. fresh lime juice
Garnishes; sour cream, fresh cilantro sprigs

Here is how you make Creamy Southwestern Pumpkin Soup:

Melt butter in a large sauce pan/dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, jalapeño pepper. and garlic; saute 15 minutes. Add chicken broth and next 4 ingredients; cook , stirring often, 30 minutes or until potato is tender. Remove from heat, and cool sightly (5 to 10 minutes).Process potato mixture, pumpkin, and 1/4 cup cilantro, in batches, in a food processor or blender until smooth. stopping to scrape down sides. Return to large sauce pan/dutch oven; stir in milk , and simmer 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Stir in lime juice; garnish, if desired.Yields 10 cups; Serving size 1 cupNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LILWITCH13.

The nutritional information for Creamy Southwestern Pumpkin Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 149.0

• Total Fat: 5.4 g
• Cholesterol: 11.5 mg
• Sodium: 816.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 17.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.9 g
• Protein: 8.9 g

The dietary needs meet for Creamy Southwestern Pumpkin Soup is Low Fat