Name: Rockin' Carrot, Sweet Potato, and Ginger Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Butter - 1 tablespoon; Bacon grease - 1 tablespoon; Roughly chopped carrots - 1 ½ cups; Onion, diced - ½ medium; Salt and ground black pepper to taste - ½ medium; Fresh thyme, leaves stripped, divided - 3 sprigs; Chicken stock, or more if needed - 2 cups; Roughly chopped sweet potato - 1 cup; Ginger paste - 2 tablespoons; Orange juice, or to taste - 1 tablespoon; Brown sugar - 1 tablespoon; Red pepper flakes - ½ teaspoon; Ground cinnamon - 1 pinch; Half-and-half - 2 tablespoons

Ingredients for - Rockin' Carrot, Sweet Potato, and Ginger Soup

1. Butter 1 tablespoon

2. Bacon grease 1 tablespoon

3. Roughly chopped carrots 1 ½ cups

4. Onion, diced ½ medium

5. Salt and ground black pepper to taste ½ medium

6. Fresh thyme, leaves stripped, divided 3 sprigs

7. Chicken stock, or more if needed 2 cups

8. Roughly chopped sweet potato 1 cup

9. Ginger paste 2 tablespoons

10. Orange juice, or to taste 1 tablespoon

11. Brown sugar 1 tablespoon

12. Red pepper flakes ½ teaspoon

13. Ground cinnamon 1 pinch

14. Half-and-half 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Rockin' Carrot, Sweet Potato, and Ginger Soup

1 . Stage

Heat butter and bacon grease in a large pot over medium heat. Add carrots and onion; cook and stir until carrots are soft and onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in 1/2 of the thyme leaves and cook until fragrant, 10 to 15 seconds.

2 . Stage

Add stock, sweet potato, ginger paste, and remaining thyme; bring to a boil, Reduce the heat and simmer until sweet potato is soft, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in orange juice, brown sugar, pepper flakes, and cinnamon.

3 . Stage

Purée soup with an immersion blender until smooth, adding more stock if necessary to reach desired consistency. Stir in half-and-half and serve.