Best Thai Sweet Potato And Leek Soup Recipes

THAI SWEET POTATO AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Put chopped onion into a pot and stir until soft.
• Add the chopped red chili (with or without seed).
• Add 2 chopped leeks.
• Add chopped garlic.
• Fill with vegetable stock.
• Bring to the boil.
• Add the chopped sweet potatoes.
• Salt/pepper to taste.
• Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Take off the heat.
• Add coconut cream or milk.
• Blend until smooth.
• Enjoy with chunky fresh bread.

THAI SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until soft and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add curry paste, Sriracha sauce, ginger, and garlic; saute until fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in sweet potatoes and carrots; season with kosher salt and pepper.
• Add vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until vegetables are fork tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Turn off the heat and puree with an immersion blender until soup is smooth. Stir in coconut milk and adjust seasoning, if necessary.

THAI CHICKEN AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the garlic, chilli, ginger, lemongrass, coriander stalks and curry paste and cook for 2 - 3 minutes until the aromas are released.
• Add the chicken stock, coconut cream and sweet potatoes and cook for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are soft. Remove the lemongrass and discard. Carefully transfer to a blender and blitz until smooth. If freezing, for best results freeze at this point, otherwise as an easier option freeze complete recipe.
• Return to the saucepan, add the chicken and cook gently for 5 - 10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Stir through the lime juice, sugar and fish sauce, scatter with the coriander leaves and serve.

LEEK & SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Saute the leeks for 4 minutes in the butter. Add the stock and sweet potato and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until the sweet potato is cooked.
• Season the mixture with black pepper, remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• Place the cooled soup into a food processor, and liquidise until smooth.
• Return the soup to the pan and bring back to the boil, adding any extra water as necessary to thin the soup to the required consistency.
• If desired, grill the bacon until crispy, and cut into bite sized pieces.
• Place the soup into the serving bowls and sprinkle the bacon pieces over the top.

SWEET POTATO AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. Add leeks, and sauté slowly over low heat until tender but not brown, about 10 minutes. Stir in garlic.
• Add sweet potatoes and 3 cups water. Simmer about 20 minutes, until tender. Purée.
• Return purée to saucepan, add milk or half-and-half, bring to a simmer, add 1 to 1 1/2 cups more water to make soup no thicker than heavy cream. Season with salt and pepper and serve with a dusting of cilantro.