The Soup Collaboration

Time for some soup.  I promised something like this for a few weeks now.... it is time to deliver.

Brecken and I made a tasty little number today.  It was a Sweet Potato "Bisque."   Technically, it was a cream soup, but bisque sounds cooler.  Brecken is the type of cook that likes to find a recipe, try it and then make some changes.  I'm the kind of guy who likes to toss of bunch of junk into a pot and keep adding stuff until it tastes right.  Together, we made a damn good soup.  This recipe is vegan, quite yummy and wicked easy.


Brecken is the little vegetarian angel on your left shoulder and I'm the bacon eating devil on the right.  Keep in mind this was a restaurant quantity recipe, but it should be easy to scale down to a smaller size.  You can always make a big batch and freeze what you don't eat. 

Ingredients:

5 pounds of sweet potatoes
6 cups of fire roasted tomatoes
2 TBSP veggie base
32 cups water
1 cup of canned corn
1/2 TBSP of oregano
1/2 TBSP of Pepper
1 TBSP of salt
32 oz box of Rice Dream Soy Milk


Skin and wash the sweet potatoes.  Dice into 1" cubes.  We deep fried the potatoes simply for speed, but you can microwave or bake until tender.  You can even just dice these guys up and put them right into the stock pot.

Get a large stock pot and place it over a medium heat.

Add all of the rest of the ingredients.

Bring to a slow boil.  If you didn't pre-cook the sweet potatoes in the microwave or oven then you will need to boil everything until the spuds are soft.

After everything has softened up, it is time to blend this hot mess into a creamy delicious soup.  We have the pleasure of working with a giant immersion blender, so we used that.  If you don't have one, you can spoon out the chunks and toss them into any old food processor and rip them up until smooth. 

That is it.  This would be a great crock pot recipe too.  Just toss everything in the crock and head off to work.  When you get home it will be ready to blend and eat.  Your house will smell great too.

I would highly recommend buying an immersion blender if you don't have one.  They are very cheap and can be used for just about anything from hot sauce ;) to smoothies.  It is, with out a doubt, the most used piece of equipment in the Matador kitchen. 

This soup was very easy and it will be very easy to customize.  We simply wanted to make something vegan, but not spicy. You can add millions of things to this basic recipe to make it more fun. 


Personally, I tossed some bacon on my bowl..... loved it.  I also made a cheese Quesadilla.  It was like eating a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup.  Nice fall flavors.  Warming, delicious and nutritious.


Let us know if you try it.  Tell us what you added or changed so we can try it too. I'm sure Brecken and I will be getting together for more fun recipes in the future.  If you have something you want to share, let us know and we will put our spin on it.  Either way, keep your eyes open for our next adventure. 

Cheers
Brecken and Paul