Creamy Sweet Potato Soup

Creamy Sweet Potato Soup

from saltandlavender.com
Soup
65 min
424 kcal / serving

This creamy sweet potato soup recipe is simple to make, silky, comforting, and delicious! It's great for making ahead/leftovers.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoonolive oil
  • 1 tablespoonbutter
  • 1 mediumonion (chopped)
  • 3 stickscelery (chopped)
  • 4 clovesgarlic (minced)
  • 4 cupschicken broth (or veg broth) (+ more as needed)
  • 2 poundssweet potatoes (peeled & chopped)
  • 1 teaspoonsmoked paprika
  • ⅓ cupsour cream (optional, see note)
  • ½ cupheavy/whipping cream (optional, see note)
  • salt & pepper (to taste)

Directions

  1. 1

    Add the oil and butter to a soup pot over medium-high heat. Sauté the onion and celery for about 7-10 minutes or until it starts to brown lightly.

  2. 2

    Stir in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.

  3. 3

    Add in the broth, sweet potatoes, and smoked paprika. Increase the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil. Cover the pot with the lid slightly open and reduce the heat and let it simmer rapidly for 25-30 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are soft.

  4. 4

    Carefully blend the soup using an immersion blender or regular blender (you may want to let the soup cool a bit first).

  5. 5

    Stir in the sour cream and heavy cream and season with salt & pepper as needed. The soup will likely be quite thick still, so thin it out with a bit more broth if needed. Taste and adjust... like add more cream or sour cream if needed.