QUICK AND EASY SWEET POTATO SOUP

Quick and Easy Sweet Potato Soup image

Sweet potatoes are cooked in chicken broth, pureed, and then seasoned with with nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and cayenne, and made even creamier (but still low-fat) by adding fat-free half-and-half.

Provided by ajennerjahn

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Sweet Potato Soup Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into small pieces
6 cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon orange-flavored liqueur (such as Cointreau®)
½ cup fat-free half-and-half
¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon freshly grated ginger
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and ground black pepper to taste
¼ cup chopped pecans

Steps:

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.
Puree the sweet potatoes with the broth using an immersion blender until smooth.
Stir half-and-half, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper into the pureed sweet potatoes; season with salt and pepper.
Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Toast pecans in the hot skillet until fragrant.
Ladle soup into bowls; garnish with toasted pecans.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 374.5 calories, Carbohydrate 74.4 g, Cholesterol 1.5 mg, Fat 5.7 g, Fiber 11.2 g, Protein 6.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.9 g, Sodium 270.5 mg, Sugar 17.6 g