Thai Butternut Squash winter warmer soup

Winter warmer sw Free butternut squash soup

Told you I like my Thai flavours so here's another one. A great way of using up the thai ingredients you've bought for other dishes. This is totally free, warming and of course totally tasty! This is a great lunch especially if you're trying to do a bit of success express as its just superfree ingredients.

Serves 2-4 Free Red Green EE

Ingredients

1 onion roughly chopped
3 cloves of garlic roughly chopped
1 medium butternut squash peeled and diced
2 carrots peeled and sliced
1 stalk lemon grass finely chopped
2" piece of ginger, peeled and sliced
Chicken or Vegetable stock
1 red large red chilli sliced (deseeded if you want a less heat)
Fish sauce
Juice of 1 lime
Good handful Thai basil (Optional but really give it an authentic touch)

1. Soften the onions in frylight for a couple of minutes then add the garlic.
2. Add the butternut squash and carrots and stir.
3. Add the stock to well cover the vegetables and a good dash of .
4. Add the lemon grass, ginger, and chilli and bring to the boil. Simmer until the vegetables are soft and tender.
5. Blend the soup to your desired consistency. Add more liquid if to thick. Add the thai basil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
6. Take of the heat and stir through the lime juice.
7. Garnish with a couple more thai basil leaves to serve.