Sweet Potato Jalapeno Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 lbs sweet potatoes
• 1 medium onion
• 4 slices turkey bacon (regular bacon is fine too)
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup butter
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1/4 cup jarred jalapeno
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1/2 cup cilantro
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• artificial sweetener (optional)

Recipe

• 1 scrub sweet potatoes, cut into quarters, place in large stock pot, cover with water and boil until soft.
• 2 when potatoes are soft, drain them and let them cool until you can handle them. peel off the skin.
• 3 peel and chop onion. finely chop bacon and garlic.
• 4 in a large soup pot, melt butter. add bacon, onion and garlic and saute until onions are translucent.
• 5 add chicken broth. cover and bring to a boil.
• 6 dice half the sweet potatoes and stir into boiling broth.
• 7 puree the remaining sweet potatoes with the jalapenos, cumin, cilantro and half-and-half. stir into soup. add salt, pepper, and sweetener (if needed). stir well; heat through.
• 8 serve and enjoy!