Quick & Easy Microwave Pumpkin Soup - Real Recipes from Mums

A quick an easy Pumpkin Soup recipe that can be made in the microwave.

Ingredients (serves 4)

400-500g Pumpkin
2 cubes Chicken Stock
1/4 cup Water
Cream
Salt
Pepper

Method

Chop up the pumpkin and place in a microwave safe container with the stock cubes and water.
Place the container in the microwave and cook on High for 15-20 minutes (depending on your microwave).
Once cooked add salt and pepper to taste and mash with a potato masher or blend with a stick mixer until nice and smooth.
Place in a bowl and stir through a little cream until your desired consistency is achieved. (I prefer to add the cream when serving individually for the pumpkin without the cream can be frozen.)

Notes

A handful of mixed herbs such as chives and parsley can be added to the pumpkin when cooking for a little extra flavour or a sprinkling of dried herbs such as mixed or Italian herbs. If you would like to make a larger batch, the leftovers can be frozen for another meal as long as no cream has been added.

34 Comments

- - tessie said
  - 13 Oct 2021
    2:26 pm
I love pumpkin soup but I’ve never made it because I’m the only one who like it. Thank you for this recipe because now I can have pumpkin soup when I want and no big pots to clean

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 05 Oct 2021
    8:43 am
Wow I never thought you can cook a soup in microwave.

- - shanika said
  - 04 Oct 2021
    3:43 pm
I would love to try this.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 30 Sep 2021
    6:57 pm
Amazing! I never would have thought to do it in the microwave!

- - mom101628 said
  - 30 Sep 2021
    5:24 pm
What a quick and easy way to make a family favourite. Thank you so much for sharing.

- - rovermum said
  - 30 Sep 2021
    9:11 am
I love my pumpkin soup but had never considered making it in themicrowave. I tend to let it do its thing in the slow cooker. But, this is now a new and quick way of doing it.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 30 Sep 2021
    12:18 am
Pumpkin soup is such a good comfort food. My family likes to have a dollop of plain yoghurt with it too.

- - Frankiielot said
  - 29 Sep 2021
    9:19 pm
Oh my goodness this is so easy!
Thank you for sharing.
It always takes me ages to boil my pumpkin and get it nice and soft. Good to know there is the easier alternative in the microwave.

- - mummabear said
  - 29 Sep 2021
    8:29 pm
Wow that’s super easy! Takes so long on the stove!

- - mumof3 said
  - 29 Sep 2021
    7:34 pm
I never thought to make soup in the microwave. It sounds so very quick to make and I could imagine how tasty it would be.

- - Mrs.twinmama said
  - 29 Sep 2021
    7:24 pm
Yum now I call that a major hack to make life easier.

- - nealsq said
  - 30 Dec 2018
    11:49 pm
It never actually occurred to me to make this in the microwave!

- - natct said
  - 24 Nov 2018
    10:23 pm
Awesome 20 minutes!! I’ll save this for a cooler day it is a bit hot for soup now.

- - mom265671 said
  - 31 May 2018
    4:25 pm
Never tried making my own before. Thanks for the easy steps

- - natct said
  - 06 Jul 2017
    8:55 am
Love this but always hated how long it took. Thanks for the simple idea will be doing this with all my pumpkins.