Easy Creamy Sweet Potato Soup

Mashed sweet potato, coconut milk, and cream combine in a soup adaptable to whatever herbs you'd prefer to add.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 374 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 cups coconut milk
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 white onion, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, or as needed
• salt as needed
• 4 sweet potatoes, cut into cubes
• 0.5 teaspoon hot sauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with water and add a pinch of salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain. Mash sweet potatoes in a bowl.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until golden brown, about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Stir mashed sweet potato into the onion and garlic. Pour coconut milk and heavy cream over the sweet potato mixture; stir. Season mixture with hot sauce, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat to low and cook until heated through and slightly thickened, 15 to 20 minutes.