This Crockpot White Sweet Potato Soup Recipe came about by accident. Have you ever picked up a sweet potato in a hurry, taken it home and peeled it, only to find out it’s white? Well, I did and now you can learn from my mistake!
White Sweet Potato Soup
True story, I grabbed a sweet potato out of my pantry, started to peel it and then stared in disbelief at the color of the potato. I was honestly completely dumbfounded as white sweet potatoes look the exact same on the outside as orange sweet potatoes do. You can’t tell unless you peel the skin. I had glanced at the stack of sweet potatoes in the store and grabbed a good looking one. I didn’t read the sign! Now to be fair, I have actually never encountered STACKS of white sweet potatoes, so I blame the store haha! I actually had to go and research what the heck to do with a WHITE sweet potato! What was the flavor profile? Can you substitute it for the orange? Read on to find out!
What are White Sweet Potatoes?
- White sweet potatoes are one of three sweet potatoes : orange, purple and white. They are sadly the least healthy out of all three with less antioxidants than the other two.
- White sweet potatoes are less sweet and are closer to Russet potatoes.
- White sweet potatoes are a good substitution for russet potatoes but expect more sweetness. They are NOT a good substitution for orange in any way! The flavour profile is completely different. Think of a russet potato and then think if it was sweeter.
Now if you happen upon white sweet potatoes you can try this Creamy White Sweet Potato Soup! I think everyone should try a white sweet potato recipe at least once in their cooking lives, just to see what they really taste like! Or if you know, you made a mistake like I did while shopping, this recipe will rescue you!
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You’ll need
Ingredients
Instructions
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Saute the onions in butter in a skillet over medium heat until they are soft, then add in the garlic. Fry for another 3 minutes then add to the soup.
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Make 4-5 cups of chicken broth, making sure it’s enough to cover the potatoes and pour into the crockpot.
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Peel and chop up your white sweet potatoes and place in the crockpot
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Add the spices into the crockpot and stir in.
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Cook in the crockpot on high for 3-4 hours, until the potatoes are slightly falling apart and the broth is cloudy.
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When the soup is ready, cooked potatoes and slightly falling apart, you need to make a roux. (Flour/butter/milk thickener)
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In a medium size pot over low heat, melt the butter. Stir in the flour until it’s combined,it will be all clumped together, this is ok.
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Next, little by little, stir in the milk making sure that the milk is absorbed into the flour without making it lumpy. Eventually the mixture will be smooth.
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When all of the milk has been added and the mixture is smooth, add in the cheese and stir until melted.
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Move your potatoes to one side of the pot so there is a soup surface to mix in.Whisk in your milk/cheese sauce into the crockpot.
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Cook for another 30 minutes or so, stirring occasionally so there isn’t a skin on the surface. If you like, you can puree the soup until smooth with an immersion blender, this is how I prefer to serve it.
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Serve and top with the Tex Mex cheese, extra parsley, bacon, you name it, it will work!
Notes
- adjust the seasonings to your personal liking
Nutrition per serving: 258 calories
- Calories
- 258 kcal
- Carbohydrates
- 26 g
- Protein
- 8 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Saturated fat
- 8 g
- Cholesterol
- 39 mg
- Sodium
- 825 mg
- Potassium
- 511 mg
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Vitamin A
- 13010 IU
- Vitamin C
- 14.4 mg
- Calcium
- 183 mg
- Iron
- 1.2 mg
Nutrition is an automatic estimate and will vary with the brands you use.
Made this recipe last fall, when I had white sweet potatoes from my garden, and loved it. Somehow, I lost the recipe, but luckily I just found it again thanks to the “accident” story about the sweet potatoes. (I remembered it from the first time I read the post.) I am making it again only I will be adding a little Voodoo spice this time for an extra kick. I have printed it and it is safely in my recipe binder : )