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

Rockin' Carrot, Sweet Potato, and Ginger Soup

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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.