Sweet Potato And Chayote Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 5 cups chicken stock or 5 cups vegetarian chicken stock
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 large sweet potato
• 2 chayotes, peeled, seeded and diced

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a medium stock pot or dutch oven.
• 2 at medium heat, add onion and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes.
• 3 add the stock, bay leaves, and sweet potato and simmer until the sweet potato slices are soft, about 20 minutes.
• 4 when the sweet potato slices are soft, remove the bay leaves.
• 5 add the chayotes and bring to a boil.
• 6 reduce heat to medium and simmer until chayote is soft, about 15 minutes.
• 7 remove from heat and let cool slightly, then puree the soup with a food processor, blender or wand blender.