Smokey Sweet Potato & Butterbean

Name: Smokey Sweet Potato & Butterbean
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter; 1 or 2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped; 1 x 400 g tin butterbeans, drained; 1 teaspoon smoked paprika; 2 stock cubes; 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter; 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; 1 sweet potato, peeled and roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seasonal Soups

By Fraser Reid

Published 2019

About

Hands down this is one of my favourite soup recipes. The creamy butterbeans are the perfect balance for the smoky paprika and sweetness of the potatoes.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
2

Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Soup
Summer
Spring
March

Method

Heat a pot on a medium heat and add the oil or butter. Fry the onion and garlic for 5–10 minutes until they soften slightly.

Add the sweet potato, carrots, drained butter beans and smoked paprika to the pot, and stir to mix everything together.

Pour in 1.2 litres of boiling water, c