Chipotle Sweet Potato Soup With Bell Pepperbacon Salsa Recipes

CHIPOTLE LEEK AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium-low heat. Add leeks and salt; cook, stirring often, until very soft, about 20 minutes. Stir in red bell pepper and garlic; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add chipotle pepper, cumin, thyme, and white pepper; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
• Stir vegetable broth and potatoes into the pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer soup, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Stir in milk and cream. Remove from heat and let cool slightly, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender to desired smoothness. Simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes.

SPICY CHIPOTLE SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion in the hot oil until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add sweet potatoes and enough vegetable broth to cover sweet potatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, partially cover saucepan, and simmer until sweet potatoes are tender enough to easily pierce with a fork, about 30 minutes.
• Stir chipotle peppers into the sweet potato mixture.
• Blend sweet potato mixture with an immersion blender until soup is smooth. Whisk heavy cream and lime juice into soup until smooth and heated through; season with salt.
• Serve each portion of soup topped with 2 tablespoons sour cream and a sprinkle of cilantro.

MEXICAN SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Boil the kettle. Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion until just soft, about 4-5 mins. Stir in the chipotle paste and cook for 1 min more.
• Dissolve the stock cube in 1.2 litres boiling water from the kettle, and add to the pan along with the sweet potato. Bring to the boil, then simmer, covered, until the sweet potato is soft, about 10 mins. Whizz with a stick blender until smooth.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with a dollop of crème fraîche, a scattering of coriander leaves and some crusty bread rolls.

CHIPOTLE SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in two greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Drizzle with 1/2 cup vinaigrette and sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss to coat. , Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until tender, stirring once. Cool slightly; transfer to a large bowl., In a small bowl, whisk remaining vinaigrette with the cilantro, honey and peppers. Pour over potatoes and gently stir to coat.

SWEET POTATO AND CHIPOTLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot,heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high.Add onion, season with salt andpepper, and cook until beginning tobrown around edges, about 7 minutes.Add cumin and garlic and cook, stirring,until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stirin sweet potatoes, chile, and broth.Bring to a boil; reduce to a rapid simmer,partially cover, and cook until sweetpotatoes can be mashed easily with aspoon, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let soup cool slightly. Working inbatches, transfer soup to a blenderand puree until smooth (use cautionwhen blending hot liquids). Returnpureed soup to pot over low heat andseason with salt and pepper. Topsoup with sour cream and serve withtortilla wedges, if desired.

CHIPOTLE SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil on medium low in a large soup pot.
• Cook the onions, celery, and carrot for 10 minutes (stirring occasionally).
• Add the garlic and cook for one more minute.
• Add the sweet potatoes, broth, chipotles, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg to the pot.
• Bring to a boil and then simmer, covered for 20 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender.
• Let the soup cool, and then in batches puree it in the blender. If you prefer, you can use an immersion blender in the pot instead.
• Once the soup has been pureed, stir in the lime juice and add salt and black pepper to taste.
• Serve topped with a dollop of sour cream and some of the chopped cinnamon-chipotle pecans.
• Cinnamon-Chipotle Pecans:.
• Melt the butter in a skillet on low heat.
• Add the pecans and stir them until they are covered in butter.
• Add the cinnamon and chipotle powder and stir to coat.
• Cook the pecans, stirring frequently for 10 minutes.
• Salt to taste.
• *If you have cooked sweet potato leftovers, you can add them instead and lessen the cooking time to about 5 minutes.