Quick and Easy Sweet Potato Soup

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

Sweet potatoes cooked in chicken broth are seasoned with with nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon. and cayenne in this quick and easy soup recipe.

Ingredients

3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into small pieces
6 cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon orange-flavored liqueur (such as Cointreau®)
1/2 cup fat-free half-and-half
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1 Put sweet potatoes into a large pot. Pour chicken broth over the sweet potatoes; bring to a boil, stir orange liqueur into the boiling broth, and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.
2 Puree the sweet potatoes with the broth using an immersion blender until smooth.
3 Stir half-and-half, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper into the pureed sweet potatoes; season with salt and pepper.
4 Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Toast pecans in the hot skillet until fragrant.
5 Ladle soup into bowls; garnish with toasted pecans.