Fall 5-Spice Soup Recipe
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Chinese 5-spice powder
- 4 sweet potatoes, chopped
- 2 apples – peeled, cored, and cubed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- Pour vegetable broth into a pot and bring to a boil.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and celery in hot oil until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add Chinese 5-spice powder to onion mixture, stir to coat, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Mix sweet potatoes, apples, salt, and onion mixture into broth; cook until sweet potatoes are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool soup for at least 5 minutes.
- Pour soup 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.