Fall 5-Spice Soup

Directions

Ingredients :

6 cups vegetable broth

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

½ onion

chopped

2 stalks celery

chopped

1 ½ teaspoons Chinese 5-spice powder

4 sweet potatoes

chopped

2 apples – peeled

cored

and cubed

1 ½ teaspoons salt

Methods :

Pour vegetable broth into a pot and bring to a boil.

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and celery in hot oil until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add Chinese 5-spice powder to onion mixture, stir to coat, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Mix sweet potatoes, apples, salt, and onion mixture into broth; cook until sweet potatoes are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool soup for at least 5 minutes.

Pour soup into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth.