Red Pepper Soup w/ Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 red bell peppers
- 2 sweet potatoes (~ 1 #)
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 4 cups low sodium vegetable broth*
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp chipotle or ancho chili powder* (OR 1 Tbsp chili powder*)
Instructions
- Roughly chop 2 sweet potatoes, 2 red bell peppers, 3 garlic cloves & 1⁄2 of a yellow onion. (This will eventually be pureed, so the chop can be rough and fairly large, ~2-3”).
- In a large soup pot heat 1 tsp olive oil and add chopped onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves and 2 chopped red bell peppers. Cook over medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
- Add 2 chopped sweet potato and cook 5 more minutes.
- Add 4 cups vegetable broth, lower to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes or until sweet potato is cooked through (a knife slides easily in/out).
- Carefully place cooked veggies into blender w/ 1⁄4 tsp salt. Blend until smooth adding water as needed. Note: Blend in 2-3 batches as necessary.
- Add salt & 1⁄4 tsp chipotle powder to taste (chipotle adds spice, adjust accordingly, for less spice replace w/ 1T chili powder).
Notes
*Note: read all ingredient lists; avoid added msg, sugar, gluten, salt, etc.