Sweet Potato Soup
This easy and flavorful sweet potato soup is warming and bright with buttery avocado and crispy tortilla strips or chips on top.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time55 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Servings: 2 servings
Author: Kathy Patalsky
- 1 sweet potato medium
- 1 cup vegetable broth*
- ½ cup plain non-dairy milk optional - more broth or water can be subbed
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 garlic clove
- 3 tablespoon lime juice
- ⅛ - ¼ teaspoon chipotle powder
- salt to taste
Toppings:
- 1 avocado diced
- handful or tortilla chips crushed
- sprinkle of smoky paprika
- squeeze of lime juice***
- 2 tablespoon cilantro finely chopped
Optional Add-ins:
- 1-3 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil for added richness
Bake Sweet Potato:
Warm oven to 450 degrees. Pierce a few form holes in the sweet potato and bake for 40-60 minutes, or until sticky-sweet and tender. (For a quicker soup, you can peel, dice and boil the potato, or cook, skin on, in the microwave.)
When potato is baked, cool for a few minutes for easy handling, then peel away skin.
Blending:
Add to blender: sweet potato flesh, broth, optional non-dairy milk, garlic, maple, lime, chipotle powder. Blend from low to high until smooth. Salt to taste.
To warm soup, turn your blender on the ‘soup’ setting. Serve directly from the blender --- OR To warm and remove air bubbles, pour soup into a soup pot and simmer on medium for 5-10 minutes until reduced and air bubbles removed.
Pour soup into serving bowls.
Top with diced avocado, chips, a squeeze of fresh lime juice, sprinkle of smoky paprika and chopped cilantro. Enjoy!
* water and a pinch of salt can be subbed for veggie broth, if necessary.
** if you do not have chipotle powder, sub with cayenne, smoky paprika or fresh jalapeño
*** orange juice can be subbed for lime juice
Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 548mg | Potassium: 812mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 9925IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 125mg | Iron: 1mg