Sweet Potato Soup

by Sabrina Snyder

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6 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
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Sweet Potato Soup is a healthy creamy soup recipe made with all the heartiness and coziness to warm you up on even the coldest nights.

Delicious Soup Recipes like Tomato Soup and Butternut Squash Soup, prove that you don’t need a lot of ingredients to make a warm, comforting dinner. 

Sabrina’s Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

This cozy Sweet Potato Soup recipe is the perfect way to enjoy the cold weather. You only need a handful of ingredients, and a couple roasted sweet potatoes to get the most comforting, hot soup. This slightly sweet, earthy, savory recipe makes a tasty and easy dinner. It also can be a beautiful starter dish for holiday meals served alongside an elegant Winter Salad.

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Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

Sweet Potato Soup is a healthy creamy soup recipe made with all the heartiness and coziness to warm you up on even the coldest nights.
Yield 6 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
Bowl of creamy soup with croutons and fresh sage.
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Ingredients
 

  • 3 pounds sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 yellow onion , diced
  • 1 stalk celery , diced
  • 2 cloves garlic , minced
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
  • 6 cups chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Pierce the skin of the sweet potatoes with a fork all over.
  • Wrap each sweet potato in foil.
  • Place on the baking sheet.
  • Cook for 1 hour until sweet potatoes are tender and have softened.
  • Remove from the oven, let cool 10 minutes.
  • Spoon the flesh out of the sweet potatoes and discard empty skins.
  • In a large dutch oven add 4 tablespoons butter, onion and celery on medium heat.
  • Cook for 4-5 minutes until onions are translucent.
  • Add in garlic, stir and cook for 30 seconds until aromatic.
  • Add in salt, white pepper and sage and stir well.
  • Add in the chicken broth (vegetarian broth if desired) and cooked sweet potatoes.
  • Bring to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes.
  • Use an immersion blender until smooth.
  • Add in heavy cream, stir well and bring to a simmer for 10 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 427kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 868mg | Potassium: 1086mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 32742IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 2mg

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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