Sweet Potato, Coconut, & Chili Soup
This one-pot sweet potato, coconut, and chili soup is creamy and packed with flavor. Sweet potatoes are paired with coconut milk to create a perfectly rich, velvety texture and curry paste, paprika, and chili peppers complement with bold flavor and spice.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, sliced
- 1 tbsp red curry paste
- 2 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and diced ~1 inch cubes
- 3 small chili peppers (chile de arbol)
- 1 13.5 oz can full fat coconut milk
- 2 tsp lime juice
- cilantro (for garnish) optional
Instructions
- In a large pot or dutch oven, heat olive oil on medium heat. Add the sliced onions and sauté for 3-4 minutes, or until they begin to soften.
- Add the curry paste, curry powder, paprika, garlic, and salt and stir until the mixture begins to darken in color slightly and become fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add the chicken broth and stir well, scraping the bottom of the pot. Increase the heat to medium-high.
- Then, add the diced sweet potatoes and chilies and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat back to medium, cover, and simmer for 10-12 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender.
- Add the coconut milk and lime juice, and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Take the chilies out and remove their stems. Depending on spice level preference, place back into the pot one, two, all three chilies, or none (see note below).
- Using an immersion blender, carefully puree the soup until smooth and creamy. Serve with cilantro if desired.
Notes
- Note about chilies and spice level: I like to keep one chili in the pot of soup. This gives a good amount of spice, but not unbearably so. If you do not like a lot of spice, I recommend removing all three chilies before pureeing.
- If desired, this soup can be made in a slow cooker. Simply add all ingredients to slow cooker and cook on high for 6 hours or on low for 10 hours. Remove desired number of chilies and puree with immersion blender before serving.