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Hearty Butternut Squash and Wild Rice Soup is for Soup.

Hearty Butternut Squash and Wild Rice Soup takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Hearty Butternut Squash and Wild Rice Soup takes 90 minutes to cook.

Hearty Butternut Squash and Wild Rice Soup makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Hearty Butternut Squash and Wild Rice Soup are:

3 - 4 pounds Butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1" cubes.
10 Cups No-salt added chicken stock
1 Cup Wild rice
2.5 Cups Onion, diced
4 slices Organic Turkey bacon (or soy-based bacon substitute)
1 Cup Soy-based sausage-style crumbles
1.5 Cups Non-fat milk
3 Tbsp Olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper

Here is how you make Hearty Butternut Squash and Wild Rice Soup:

Pre-heat oven to 400F degrees.In a large bowl, toss butternut squash cubes, 2 Tbsp olive oil and ground black pepper, to taste. Place seasoned squash cubes in a single layer on baking sheets and oven roast for 50 - 60 minutes. Set aside to cool for about 10 minutes.Meanwhile, bring 4 cups of the chicken stock to a boil, stir in the wild rice, cover, and reduce heat to low, simmering for 45 minutes. Stir occasionally.While the squash is roasting and the wild rice is simmering, cook the four slices of turkey bacon to almost-crisp in a heavy-bottomed 6-quart stock pot. Remove the bacon and set aside. Use the heated bacon fat and add a bit of olive oil if necessary to saut? the diced onion until translucent. Add the additional 6 cups of chicken stock to the pot, reduce heat to simmer.In a food processor, puree the roasted butternut squash cubes and milk. Work in small batches to insure a creamy consistency. Add the squash mixture to the onion-stock mixture, stirring frequently. Mince cooked bacon, add to the stock-pot, then add the sausage-style crumbles; simmer the mixture after adding the cooked wild rice mixture for 15 -20 minutes.Servings: 8 large bowls(Recipe modified from a higher-calorie version by Emeril Lagasse)Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FERRARIB.

The nutritional information for Hearty Butternut Squash and Wild Rice Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 228.7

• Total Fat: 5.9 g
• Cholesterol: 4.0 mg
• Sodium: 294.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 34.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7.6 g
• Protein: 12.0 g