Sweet Potato and Sausage Soup
2014-09-26- Servings : 8
- Prep Time : 20m
- Cook Time : 1:05 h
- Ready In : 1:25 h
from Epicurious.com
Finally got around to offloading the pictures of the truly fantastic soup I made. It looks awful, but tastes excellent. – Kalman
Modifications:
Added 1/2t cayenne (which is maybe a *tiny* bit too much, 3/8t should be better, split the difference for perfection)
2 packets Goya Sazon (con culantro y achiote)
Used a bay leaf
Sliced the potatos significantly finer than they did (I’d rather have most of the potato/sweet potato fall apart so that it becomes a part of the broth, rather than having chunks of it in the soup)
Added the broth a lot earlier, cooked the potatoes in broth significantly longer (again, so they’d disintegrate)
Used andouille instead of linguica
I also skipped the spinach, because a good portion of the soup was going to be leftovers/refrigerated, and I don’t think spinach holds up well like that (in liquid, anyway).
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 10- to 11-ounce fully cooked smoked Portuguese linguiƧa sausage or chorizo sausage, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 2 pounds red-skinned sweet potatoes (yams; about 2 large), peeled, quartered lengthwise, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 1 pound white-skinned potatoes, peeled, halved lengthwise, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 6 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 1 9-ounce bag fresh spinach
Method
Step 1
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook until brown, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Transfer sausage to paper towels to drain.
Step 2
Add onions and garlic to pot and cook until translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add all potatoes and cook until beginning to soften, stirring often, about 12 minutes.
Step 3
Add broth; bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until potatoes are soft, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
Step 4
Using potato masher, mash some of potatoes in pot. Add browned sausage to soup. Stir in spinach and simmer just until wilted, about 5 minutes.
Step 5
Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Season with salt and pepper. Divide among bowls and serve.