Dad’s Sunday Afternoon (Guyanese) Chicken Soup

For Soup
3 large chicken bouillon cubes (if you have small ones, use 6 cubes)
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
5 cloves of garlic
1 onion
1 gallon of water (16 cups)
1/4 cup yellow split peas (not pictured)
2 skinny cassava chopped into 2 inch pieces (I say skinny b/c the thicker ones are just harder to peel)
4-5 edoes chopped in half or quarters if you bought large ones (4-5 is about 1/2 lb)
1/2 lb pumpkin chopped into 4 in pieces
2 cups chopped fresh spinach (1 cup if using frozen spinach)
1 green plantain chopped in 1 1/2 inch pieces
2 bay leaves
2 red scotch bonnet peppers or 3 wiri wiri peppers

 

For Chicken
2 lbs chicken cleaned and chopped in medium size pieces
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tbsp casareep or browning sauce

 

For Dumpling
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp butter
1/4 cup whole milk