Spicy Caribbean Soup With Rice Recipe

Directions:

1. Cook onion and garlic in butter in large saucepan over medium high heat.
2. Add bay leaf, pepper flakes, coriander, allspice, salt, black pepper and chicken broth.
3. Bring to a boil then simmer covered for 15 minutes.
4. Add squash then cover and simmer 15 minutes longer then remove bay leaf.
5. Reserve 1 cup squash cubes and purée remaining mixture.
6. Return reserved squash and puréed mixture to saucepan then stir in chicken cubes.
7. Cook until thoroughly heated then serve soup topped with hot rice.