Jamaican Chicken Soup

Ingredients:

• 1b skinless chicken
• 1 pack of Spicy Chicken Noodle Mix
• ½ lb fresh pumpkin (cubed)
• 1/2 1b squash
• ½ lb yellow yam(cubed)
• 1 chocho/chayote (peeled and cubed)
• 2 medium carrots (peeled and cubed)
• 2 potatoes (peeled and cut)
• 1 medium onion (sliced)
• 5 garlic cloves (crushed)
• 4 thyme leaves
• A couple of pimento berries (Allspice)
• 2 tablespoons of All Purpose seasoning
• 2 chicken bouillons cubes
• 3 cups Water
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 Corn (optional)

Directions:

1. Place a regular pot of water on the stove to boil.

2. Chop your chicken into small pieces.

3. Blend your onions, thyme, and garlic.

4. Then add the chicken, blended seasoning, pumpkin and squash to water.

5. Let them cook until the pumpkin and squash are very soft.

6. Purée the pumpkin and the squash.

7. Add purée, yam, chayote, potatoes, and carrots to the boiling mixture.

8. Knead the flour into dough and create some spinners.

9. Add spinners, all-purpose seasoning and pimento berries.

10. Let cook for 20 minutes.

11. Add your chicken noodles, about 3 sprigs of thyme and let simmer for 5 minutes and then serve.

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Jamaican Fried Dumplings

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 & 3/4 tsps baking powder
• 1 & 1/2 – 2 tsps salt
• 2 Tbsps white sugar (optional)
• 2 ½ Tbsps unsalted cold butter
• About 1 cup of cold water
• Vegetable oil for shallow frying

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the sugar and use a whisk to thoroughly mix these ingredients.

2. Break up butter into tiny pieces. Use fingers to rub the butter into the flour mixture till the mixture looks like large breadcrumbs.

3. Slowly add and incorporate the cold water while bringing dough together. Knead the dough into a ball but avoid over-kneading.

4. Place dough in a bowl and cover with damp cloth to rest for 1 hour.

5. Heat oil in a nonstick pot over low – medium heat.

6. After the dough has rested, cut into about 12 pieces. Dust your hands with flour if necessary and roll each piece of dough into a ball.

7. Fry the dumplings 4 – 6 minutes on both sides till golden brown and crispy outside.

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