Description
Healthy potato-leek soup for vegetarians.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil, divided
- 2 leeks, chopped
- 1 (32 fluid ounce) container vegetable broth
- 1 ¾ cups water
- 2 pounds potatoes, cut into cubes
- ⅜ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a stock pot over medium heat. Cook and stir leeks in hot oil until completely softened
- adding remaining olive oil in small amounts as you cook the leeks
- about 10 minutes.
- Pour vegetable broth and water into the pot; add potatoes. Bring mixture to a boil
- reduce heat to medium-low
- and cook at a simmer until the potatoes are completely tender
- about 25 minutes.
- Pour potato mixture 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. Stir cayenne pepper and salt into the soup.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 55 mins
Servings: 8