Quick and Easy Sweet Potato Soup
Description
Sweet potatoes cooked in chicken broth are seasoned with with nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon. and cayenne in this quick and easy soup recipe.
Ingredients
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3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into small pieces
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6 cups chicken broth
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1 tablespoon orange-flavored liqueur (such as Cointreau®)
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1/2 cup fat-free half-and-half
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3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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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.