SWEET POTATO, APPLE, AND CHIPOTLE SOUP

By Royce_Susan

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
• 2 1/2 cups chopped onions
• 2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
• 1 cup thinly sliced celery
• 5 cups thinly sliced, peeled sweet potatoes
• 2 cups chopped apples
• 1 Tbsp. minced canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1 cup water
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1 cup unsweetened apple juice

Preparation

Step 1

Warm the oil in a soup pot on high heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook, stirring continually, until the onions begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the celery, sweet potatoes, apples, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, vegetable broth, water, salt, cinnamon, and black pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Then lower the heat, and simmer gently until the sweet potatotes and apples are soft, about 20 minutes.

Add the apple juice to the pot. Puree the soup in a blender in batches until smooth and creamy. Blend in more chip0otle peppers, adobo sauce, and/or black pepper to taste.

Top soup with croutons, crumbled tortilla chips, or toasted chopped pecans. Soup can also be topped with sour cream and chopped fresh cilantro.

Serve with jalepeno cornbread.