A smooth, creamy sweet potato soup with flavors of curry, sweet apple, and lots of aromatics. It’s packed with flavor and is the perfect autumn soup to pair with your favorite meal!
As someone who loves soup, I typically make hearty soups with lots of protein, but I love a creamy soup I can pair with a meal. This sweet potato soup is loaded with flavor! It’s such a pleasant surprise. It has a little heat from curry, pops of sweetness from apple and a little sugar, and has layers of flavor from the aromatics. I think it’s a perfect balance of sweetness and a little heat.
It’s creamy and smooth, similar to butternut squash soup in its flavor profile but with a beautiful depth of flavor, and it makes a fantastic starter or appetizer for your favorite autumn meal!
How to Make it
(1) First, sauté diced onions and garlic in oil (about 3 minutes). Then add diced celery. Sauté for another 2 minutes until vegetables are soft and slightly caramelized.
(2) Add a little bit of broth to the pan to “deglaze” the pan. This helps remove bits on the bottom of the pan and gather up all the flavors that the sautéed vegetables create.
(3) Stir vegetables in broth until the bottom of the pan is clean.
(4) Then add all of the ingredients to the soup (except coconut milk). Sweet potatoes, diced apple, broth, thyme sprigs, spices, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stir often.
(5) Sweet potatoes and apples should be soft when tested with a fork. Remove thyme sprigs before continuing to the next step.
(6) use a hand immersion blender or transfer soup to a high-powered blender. Blend soup on high for 30-40 seconds until the consistency is creamy. Add soup back to pot and stir in coconut milk. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt, black pepper, or additional curry powder if needed.
Serving Suggestions
We love serving this creamy soup with homemade bread like our no-knead cranberry walnut bread or dutch oven cinnamon raisin bread! You can also serve it along with an abundant salad like our Apple Pomegranate Harvest Salad or Farro salad!
Curried Sweet Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons oil
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 large celery rib, diced
- 1.5 lbs organic sweet potatoes
- 1 apple, I used honey crisp
- 3 cups vegetable broth or chicken stock
- 2-3 fresh thyme sprigs
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon coconut sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt & black pepper (plus more to taste)
- 1 14 oz canned coconut milk, unsweetened
Instructions
- Prep the vegetables: First, peel sweet potatoes and apple and cube into 2 inch thick cuts. Then dice onion, mince the garlic cloves, and dice up the celery stalk.
- Sauté base vegetables: In a large pot or dutch oven, sauté in oil the diced onion and garlic for 3 minutes until soft. Season with pinch of salt. Then add diced celery, cook with onions for 1-2 additional minutes.
- Deglaze the pot: Use a generous splash of the vegetable broth to then "deglaze" the pot with the sautéed vegetables. This is when you use your wooden spoon to scrape bits off the bottom of the pot – which lifts flavors out of the sautéing process into the soup and helps prevent any burning.
- Add ingredients and simmer: then add rest of vegetable broth, chopped sweet potatoes, chopped apples, cinnamon, curry powder, ginger, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, and fresh thyme sprigs. Cover and let simmer for 15-20 minutes – sweet potatoes should be soft when tested with a fork.
- Blend soup: remove thyme sprigs using a fork or tongs. Then either use a hand-immersion blender or transfer soup to high-powered blender and blend soup for 30-40 seconds on high until a creamy consistency.
- Stir in coconut milk: Pour soup back in the pot (if using blender) then stir canned coconut milk into soup. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt or additional curry powder if needed. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Organic sweet potatoes are key: I have consistently found organic sweet potatoes to be the sweetest in taste and highly recommend them for this soup.
- Choice of apples: I used a large honey crisp apple for this soup. If your apples are smaller use two instead. I recommend using apples that are firm in texture and the taste is tart and sweet!
- Blending tools: to blend the soup to get a creamy consistency, you can either use a hand-immersion blender or a high-powered blender.
Hi there, wondering on the service portion of your nutrition on this — is that for 1 serving? I’m trying to enter it into my fitness pal somehow 😛 BTW, i am obsessed with this recipe. Its my favorite ever to make. and so easy.
Made this last night – double batch. Made no changes except used a vadalia onion (which is a yellow onion, but sweet!) and this is absolutely incredibly good. I had some whole veggies that I did not blend and like the added texture. I also added golden raisins after I poured in a bowl as I love golden raisins in my veggie curry. Took my forever to peel and chop all the veggies, but oh so worth it.
I love this soup! This soup has become a staple in our house. We have a little bread as a side, and it is a comforting delicious meal. Sometimes, I add a little kick with some chili powder. Thanks for a great recipe!
What if I don’t have coconut sugar.?can I use regular sugar?
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Hi Cindy, regular sugar works or maple syrup!
Absolutely delicious!
Thank you so much, Carole!
This was great!!! I definitely would add a little less coconut milk next time but this is a great recipe. Will be making it again.
So happy to hear you enjoyed it!
This was so good soup!! My friend and I loved it w/ some sourdough bread
I’m so happy to hear it! Thank you, Kassandra!
Amazing! Flavors were just perfect. Will make again!!
Thanks so much, Stella!!
Great simple recipe. Thank you for sharing
Thanks so much, Adam!
amazing recipes thanks for sharing your knowledge
Um wow, this soup is the perfect blend of heat and sweet! So much flavor in every bite. I’m officially obsessed. With the mix of cinnamon, ginger sweet potatoes and thyme—-it feels like fall/winter in a bowl! So delicious. Great straightforward recipe, my hubby actually made it with no issues or questions. Double win.
ahhh, I’m so happy to hear it. Thanks so much! 🥰