Spicy Chipotle Sweet Potato Soup Recipes

SPICY CHIPOTLE SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• 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.

MEXICAN SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Boil the kettle. Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion until just soft, about 4-5 mins. Stir in the chipotle paste and cook for 1 min more.
• Dissolve the stock cube in 1.2 litres boiling water from the kettle, and add to the pan along with the sweet potato. Bring to the boil, then simmer, covered, until the sweet potato is soft, about 10 mins. Whizz with a stick blender until smooth.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with a dollop of crème fraîche, a scattering of coriander leaves and some crusty bread rolls.

SWEET POTATO AND CHIPOTLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot,heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high.Add onion, season with salt andpepper, and cook until beginning tobrown around edges, about 7 minutes.Add cumin and garlic and cook, stirring,until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stirin sweet potatoes, chile, and broth.Bring to a boil; reduce to a rapid simmer,partially cover, and cook until sweetpotatoes can be mashed easily with aspoon, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let soup cool slightly. Working inbatches, transfer soup to a blenderand puree until smooth (use cautionwhen blending hot liquids). Returnpureed soup to pot over low heat andseason with salt and pepper. Topsoup with sour cream and serve withtortilla wedges, if desired.

CHIPOTLE SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Start by placing the sweet potatoes in a pot and add the eight cups of water; cover with a lid. Let the sweet potatoes simmer for 30 min. on medium heat. When tender strain and reserve the cooking water. Using a masher, mash the sweet potatoes and add 6 cups of the cooking water. Place the pot on the stove and add the chicken bouillons and the black pepper. Stir and simmer 5 min. or until velvety consistency. Serve in a bowl and garnish with chipotle sauce, chopped green onions and a dollop of cream cheese per serving.

SPICY CHIPOTLE-CINNAMON ROASTED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
• Wash and scrub the sweet potatoes.
• Cut each sweet potato into bite-sized chunks (make each piece roughly about an inch).
• Add the sweet potato pieces, the extra virgin olive oil, cinnamon, and chipotle to a gallon-sized storage bag.
• Close the storage bag and shake, making sure all of the spices are evenly distributed on the pieces (otherwise you might find out what happens when too much chipotle sticks to an individual piece).
• Spread out the spiced sweet potato pieces in an even layer onto a baking sheet.
• Salt to taste.
• Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven for 15 minutes, then using a spatula to turn them, place them back in the oven for another 15-20 minutes. If you like them crisper, you can add a few minutes, just make sure to check on them so they don't burn. Serve them as they are, or you can dip them in ketchup like french fries.

SPICY LENTIL AND SWEET POTATO STEW WITH CHIPOTLES

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large, heavy soup pot or Dutch oven and add the onion. Cook, stirring often, until it softens, about 5 minutes, and add the garlic and a generous pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until the garlic smells fragrant, about 30 seconds, and add the ground cumin seeds and carrots. Stir together for a minute, then add the lentils, water, sweet potatoes, chipotles, tomato paste, salt to taste and the bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 40 to 45 minutes, until the lentils and sweet potatoes are tender and the broth fragrant. Taste and adjust seasoning. Stir in the cilantro or parsley, simmer for another minute, and serve, passing lime wedges so diners can season their lentils with a squeeze of lime juice if desired.

SPICY CHIPOTLE SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• 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.