Soup Joumou ak Poul (Chicken Squash Soup)

December 31, 2018

1 hour 30 minutes

medium

Serves: 8-10

It’s that time of year again guys!!! January 1st is Haitian Independence Day, a super special and proud day for Haiti natives all over the diaspora. January 1, 1804 marks the official day Haitians became the first and only independent nation ever!

As much as I’d like to go into detail about that (not really) this isn’t a history lesson guys, I’m not the greatest with history anyway LOL. One of the things that Haitians and Haitian by association all over are most excited about is having Soup Joumou on the 1st. Having a bowl of delicious soup joumou is a tradition for Haitian people; not having soup on January 1st can throw your entire year off balance (I’m kidding, not kidding… no I’m kidding LOL or am I???).

Here are some other ingredients and tools you will need to make this soup:

Make your Epis ahead of time so you have it ready to go. Pikliz should always be in your house at all times so I don’t need to tell you to make sure you have some on deck right?? I use a large stock pot cause this is a lot of soup we’re making here, you will be sharing soup so it’s necessary to make a lot for everyone. In my previous soup joumou post I used a strainer to puree the squash, this time I threw that bad boy in a blender and presto it was smooth.

Since I’m so helpful (lol) I want you guys to be able to make this special soup for yourself and loved ones. This is your year to make it guys and do it confidently with the following tips!

Tip 1: Buy your ingredients prepared already, peeled, sliced, cube and shredded. It will make less work for you (watch the video below to see what I mean).

Tip 2: Clean and marinate your chicken the night before to give the flavors to get in there. If chicken is not your thing, I also have a recipe on making soup joumou with beef, check it out here.

Here are the veggies we’re gonna be using in the soup, in case you don’t know what they look like.

Tip 3: Peel and cut all your veggies like potatoes, turnips, etc and store them in a plastic storage bags the night before. Make sure to rub the potatoes and malanga with lime to prevent them from browning.

If you’ve been intimidated to make soup joumou, all that changes today, follow the tips in the video and you’ll become a soup joumou pro! You’re welcome in advance.