Creamy Sweet Potato Black Bean Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion

  chopped
• 2 pounds sweet potatoes

  peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 6 cups low sodium vegetable broth

  or chicken
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 tablespoons chipotle peppers in adobo sauce

  more or less to taste
• Sea salt

  to taste
• 14 ounce can black beans

  drained and rinsed
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• optional garnish: avocado, chopped scallions

Instructions

• 1 Heat the oil in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sweet
  potatoes and saute for 5 minutes stirring well.
• 2 Add vegetable stock, cumin, and chipotle peppers. Bring stock to a boil, reduce
  the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes
  are tender.
• 3 Puree the soup with an immersion blender or in batches in a regular blender
  until smooth.
• 4 Add black beans, and salt to taste.
• 5 Add cilantro just before serving.
• 6 If desired, garnish with avocado pieces and chopped scallions.

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