Recipe of the Week: L.M.’s Sweet Potato Soup

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Reader L.M. kindly sent us her Sweet Potato Soup recipe, one of her fall favorites.

Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion
  • 1 cup roughly chopped carrots
  • 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
  • 3 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 2 pounds yellow potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (can be reduced for low-salt diets)
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper (or less, to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or less, to taste)
  • 7 cups chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons salted butter
Toppings
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves
Directions
  1. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high.
  2. Add onion and carrots, and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes.
  3. Add garlic, and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 minute.
  4. Add sweet potatoes, yellow potatoes, salt, black pepper, cumin, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper, and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
  5. Add stock; bring to a boil.
  6. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until potatoes are very tender, about 30 minutes.
  7. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high.
  8. Add pecans, and cook, stirring often, until toasted, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.
  9. Transfer potato mixture, in batches, to a blender. Process in blender until smooth. (Or you may process the soup in your Dutch oven, with an immersion blender.)

SERVING

Top each serving bowl with 1 tablespoon of yogurt, 2 tablespoons of chopped pecans, and 1/2 tablespoon of parsley.

STORAGE

Can be stored in your refrigerator for up to three days and either re-heated (once), or individual bowls can be he-heated in your microwave oven.

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One Comment

  1. Thank You L.M.
    Many great recipes have been contributed and yes we have done our best to try many of them.
    This is one we are definitely looking forward to making.
    With contributions like this maybe we need an S.B. cook book.

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