Quick and Easy Sweet Potato Soup

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

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 375 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 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.

Step 2

Puree the sweet potatoes with the broth using an immersion blender until smooth.

Step 3

Stir half-and-half, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper into the pureed sweet potatoes; season with salt and pepper.

Step 4

Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Toast pecans in the hot skillet until fragrant.

Step 5

Ladle soup into bowls; garnish with toasted pecans.