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Southwest Sassy Sweet Potato Chowder - A Slow Cooker Recipe

Talk about comfort food, Southwest Sweet Potato Chowder is perfect for a chilly night! The smokiness of chipotle with roasted sweet potatoes and pecans makes this a hearty meal.

Southwest Sweet Potato Chowder

I love sweet potatoes like a fat boy loves cake. Sometimes I even crave them.

And,  sweet potatoes are a good thing to crave: they are one of nature's most nutrient-dense foods and are full of anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory goodness. The old saying about apples should be replaced with "A sweet potato a day keeps the doctor away." Bring on those beautiful orange root veggies, I say!

I decided to scratch my sweet potato itch this time by making a soup - and I think the sweet richness pairs well with smokiness, so I added chipotle peppers and smoked paprika.

This soup is so easy, that's it's almost not even a recipe: just throw everything in a slow cooker and let it simmer away all day - your house will smell amazing, BTW. Then, top with some roasted sweet potato chunks, cilantro leaves and pecans and - HOOOOOoooooo Ray - Sweet Potato Heaven!

Southwest Sassy Sweet Potato Chowder - A Slow Cooker Recipe
 
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Author: Donna Kelly
Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: Southwest
Serves: 10 to 12
Ingredients
  • 3 large sweet potatoes, about 2½ pounds, peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, diced
  • 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, diced
  • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 6 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • ½ cup light sour cream, plus extra for garnish
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1 cup diced cilantro leaves
  • 1 cup diced pecans
Instructions
  1. Place in a slow cooker the following: ⅔ of the sweet potato chunks, onion, garlic, chipotle pepper, smoked paprika, cumin, vegetable broth, vinegar and soy sauce. Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or on low for 6 to 8 hours.
  2. One hour before serving, preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  3. Toss the remaining sweet potato cubes in oil and spread on a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes at top of oven, until soft and lightly browned.
  4. Ten minutes before serving, spread the pecans on a small baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until browned and fragrant.
  5. Whisk the sour cream and some salt and pepper to taste into the soup in slow cooker. Blend in batches in your blender or blend with a stick blender until smooth. Spoon into serving bowls. Top with a few chunks of the roasted sweet potato chunks, a little sour cream drizzled, cilantro and pecans.
  6. Serve immediately.
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Food bloggers' adventures with southwest yammy goodness:

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Sweet Potato Chili, A Year of Slow Cooking
Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes, Serious Eats
Turkey and Sweet Potato Enchiladas, Gluten Free Goddess

-- posted by Donna

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Comments

  1. --NJK

    March 06, 2010 at 9:17 am

    Dear Donna, I as well enjoy the medicinal value o jem, though I depise preservation process of the starch. Burning easily and drying out within a half-hours time; when and if the climate is not adequate. I have to prepare this potato each and every night at True Food Kitchen. Also, I am a student colleague of Sandi. Thanks.--NJK

    Reply
    • Donna

      March 07, 2010 at 12:52 am

      I feel lucky to have Sandy for my sister! I envy you getting to work with her!!!

      Reply
  2. Karina

    March 07, 2010 at 3:54 am

    Hola! Beautiful. I never met a sweet potato recipe I didn't like. This soup looks so delicious- I love your addition of pecans. Perfect!

    Reply
    • Donna

      March 08, 2010 at 4:44 pm

      We are so happy that everyone likes this soup! We promise you will love it!

      Reply
  3. Simply Life

    March 07, 2010 at 11:37 am

    Oh YUM! This looks soooo good!

    Reply
  4. Pam

    March 07, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    WOW....what a beautiful and yummy blog!

    Congrats on the foodie blogroll!

    Enjoy!

    Reply
  5. soupmaker

    March 07, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    Looks good to me, must give this a try, thanks

    Reply
    • Donna

      March 08, 2010 at 4:41 pm

      Thanks soupmaker - just visited your blog and I'll be going back!

      Reply
  6. uma

    March 08, 2010 at 12:26 am

    healthy!.. new for me as I use sweet potato rarely.. the pic is so tempting... am definitely going to try it..
    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Donna

      March 08, 2010 at 4:35 pm

      Uma - Don't you just LOVE sweet potatoes?!

      Reply
  7. christine

    September 03, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    Hello Girls! I found this blog in Foodista and followed it here. This is a lovely blog and awesome SOUTHWEST SASSY SWEET POTATO STEW recipe. I am a potato lover and I think this is interesting recipe. By the way you can place more Foodista widget in your past and future blogs so that other Foodista readers can follow and see your blog too. Just search for a related recipe or food in Foodista and use its widget. I hope to read more from you. Cheers!

    Reply
    • Donna

      September 05, 2010 at 10:13 pm

      Christine - Thanks! And glad to know the widget tip!

      Reply
  8. lrnichol

    March 26, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    Do you have nutritional information for this yummy sounding soup?

    Reply
    • Donna

      March 27, 2012 at 3:32 pm

      We'll work on posting that info!

      Reply
  9. Yui

    April 16, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    The best thing to cook using slow cooker is the fact that we only need to put this and that into a cooker and we can leave them there for hours. In time you back to your kitchen there you go your meals are ready to eat.
    How to Make Sweet Potato Fries

    Reply
    • Sandy

      April 18, 2012 at 4:10 pm

      Yes! I love letting the slow-cooker do all the work.

      Reply
  10. MacKensie Gibson

    August 06, 2012 at 10:50 am

    Hi Donna! I could not find a contact e-mail address for you, but I am a writer from Ocala Style Magazine and we are interested in featuring this recipe in our magazine for an upcoming issue. Please e-mail me if you think this would be at all possible! Thank you very much!

    Reply
    • Sandy

      August 07, 2012 at 12:51 am

      Hi MacKensie, Thanks for your interest in Donna's Sweet Potato Chowder. I will forward this message to her right away!

      Reply
  11. Lisa

    November 12, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    How do I print this recipe? I've never had this trouble on other sites, but I can't find a print link, and it won't even allow me to "select" the text so that I can paste it into a Worddoc to print. Help!

    Reply
  12. anglians

    December 03, 2012 at 11:28 am

    I’m not that much of a online reader to be honest but your blogs really nice, keep it up!

    I'll go ahead and bookmark your site to come back down the road. Many thanks

    Reply

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