Southern Sweet Potato Soup Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Peel and cut sweet potatoes into ½" chunks; set aside.
• 2. In large, heavy bottomed soup kettle, heat butter or oil over medium heat. Cook onion, celery and carrots until onion softens, about 4 minutes. Add bell pepper and garlic; stir and cook another 2-3 minutes until fragrant.
• 3. Add 6 cups of the chicken broth, reserving ½ cup. Add molasses, potatoes, salt, cinnamon, and turmeric. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes are soft. Stir occasionally.
• 4. Stir cornstarch into reserved ½ cup chicken broth, then stir this into the soup. Simmer another 10 minutes.
• 5. If desired, puree the soup with a hand blender or in a food processor. Return soup to pot and stir in the half & half. Heat to serving temperature but do not boil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 6. Quicker version using canned sweet potatoes: Use two 15-ounce cans sweet potatoes. Drain and reserve the liquid, and cut potatoes into ½" chunks. Add chicken broth to the reserved liquid to make the 6 ½ cups. Use 2 cups frozen Mirapoix mix to replace the onion, celery and carrots in step 2. Omit molasses and ½ tsp of the salt. You may only need to simmer 15 minutes instead of 30 in step 3. Proceed as above.

Steps:

• Place potatoes and ginger in large saucepan. Pour in chicken stock and water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium low, cover, and simmer until the potatoes have softened, about 30 minutes.
• Puree potatoes and lime juice in a food processor, or with a hand blender until smooth. Return soup to saucepan and stir in milk or cream as desired; heat until warmed through.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Line the broiling pan with foil and spread the cubed sweet potato in a single layer and drizzle the first amount of oil over the potatoes.
• Roast the potatoes for about 15-20 minutes, turn once
• Heat the second amount of oil in a soup pan over medium heat and cook the onion, garlic, celery, and shallot until soft.
• Add the tomato paste and stir until combined with vegetables.
• Add the broth, cream corn, bay leaf and bring to a boil, add the baking potato and cover the pot and simmer 25-30 minutes or until the potato is tender.
• Add the sweet potatoes, whole corn kernels, and cream or milk, stir well.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Note: you can certainly make this soup vegan by leaving out the cream or milk, it is just as good.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Peel and cut vegetables into small, uniform pieces. Place in a pot, and cover with the chicken stock; use only the amount of stock needed to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until vegetables are tender.
• Place vegetables and liquid into a food processor. Puree.
• Return pureed vegetables to the saucepan. Slowly stir in the cream, brown sugar, nutmeg, and butter. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake sweet potatoes in preheated oven until soft, about 1 1/2 hours (you can also use a microwave). Remove and let cool slightly.
• Peel sweet potatoes, and puree with chicken broth in batches, using enough chicken broth so that it purees smoothly. Bring puree to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in the sugar, salt, nutmeg, black pepper, and cayenne pepper; cover, and let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in cream.