Thai Sweet Potato With Crab Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons thai red curry paste (or curry powder)
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled & diced (about 12 oz)
• 2 cups chicken stock or 2 cups vegetable stock
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 4 ounces shelled cooked crabmeat (about 1 cup)
• 1 small roasted red pepper, diced
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat oil over medium-high heat in a large pot.
• 2 saute onion until translucent, about 3 minutes; add garlic& saute for 30 seconds.
• 3 add curry, coriander& cumin and saute for 30 seconds longer.
• 4 add sweet potato& saute for another 30 seconds.
• 5 pour in stock& milk, bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer until the sweet potato is cooked- 20 to 30 minutes.
• 6 remove from the heat, let cool slightly& ladle into a food processor.
• 7 whirl until well blended, pour back into the pot, add crab& roasted red pepper and reheat.