Loaded Sweet Potato Soup
Directions
- 1Cook bacon until crispy. Remove bacon from pot and leave 2 tbsp of bacon grease.
- 2Sauté onion, shallot, garlic, rosemary, sage, nutmeg, paprika, turmeric, salt, and pepper until onions have softened.
- 3Add chicken broth, sweet potatoes, and 1/2 cup of half & half. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes until sweet potato has softened.
- 4Scoop out 1 1/2 cups of sweet potatoes, blend the rest of the soup until smooth, and add the sweet potato chunks back in.
- 5Stir in the rest of the half & half and the gruyere cheese.
- 6Serve with bacon crumbles, more Gruyere, and freshly chopped rosemary.
Ingredients
- 4 cups sweet potato
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 shallots
- 8 slices bacon
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary
- 0.5 tbsp sage
- 0.25 tsp nutmeg
- 0.5 tsp paprika
- 0.25 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp flour
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 cup half & half
- 1 cup gruyere cheese
Equipment
Dutch oven or soup potknifecutting boardimmersion blender