spicy chipotle sweet potato soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped
• 3 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
• 4 1/2 cups vegetable broth, or as needed
• 1 (7 ounce) can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, drained
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 limes, juiced
• salt to taste
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 55 mins


• heat olive oil in a large saucepan or dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion in the hot oil until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. add sweet potatoes and enough vegetable broth to cover sweet potatoes; bring to a boil. reduce heat, partially cover saucepan, and simmer until sweet potatoes are tender enough to easily pierce with a fork, about 30 minutes.
• stir chipotle peppers into the sweet potato mixture.
• blend sweet potato mixture with an immersion blender until soup is smooth. whisk heavy cream and lime juice into soup until smooth and heated through; season with salt.
• serve each portion of soup topped with 2 tablespoons sour cream and a sprinkle of cilantro.