Sweet Potato and Kale Coconut Curry Soup
Sweet Potato and Kale Coconut Curry Soup! Red curry makes this healthy sweet potato soup with coconut milk hearty and perfect for a cozy meal. If you wish, make this sweet potato soup more hearty by adding lentils or beans!
Red curry makes this light and healthy Sweet Potato & Kale Coconut Curry Soup perfect for a cozy meal. If you wish, make it more hearty by adding lentils or beans!
“There’s something about new houses and rainy winters,” my husband said, as he surveyed the weather forecast with his vigilant eye.
Our first winter in California was christened with relentless rainstorms, each day the sky opening to downpour on us as we commuted to and from work, barely giving us a break. It was a good ski season, so we heard, but we were too busy getting settled in our very first house at the time. There was no time to take advantage of the snow in the mountains. Instead, there were rainy trips to Home Depot, and we spent those wet nights and weekends busying ourselves with home projects.
When we weren’t working on the house, we nested, we planned our wedding, and I spent any spare moment I could in the kitchen. I cooked, and I baked, tackling recipe after recipe.
Looking back, that first winter was a very cozy time.
Our second house in LA was the same. Flash floods and hillside landslides were the stories of our winter there, along with finding ways to entertain a one-year-old.
And our third house? Another wet winter – landscaping projects saw long delays, and this time, we did play in the mountains – with a toddler and a 5-month-old in tow – in spring snow, no less!
Here we are, our fourth house, and as fate would have it, the heavens poured our very much needed rain all week, and there’s more to come. Soup is what I crave, and I keep finding ways to sneak it into the rotation. This Sweet Potato and Kale Coconut Curry Soup was my favorite lunch this week – the Thai-style red curry infusing its rounded heat in the coconut broth, mixing with the sweetness of the sweet potato and the bite of the kale. It was the perfect soup for nesting, for staying in from the rain.
COCONUT CURRY SOUP
This sweet potato soup with coconut milk is one of those sweet potato soup recipes that can be easily adapted to taste. With fiber and nutrient-rich sweet potatoes and antioxidant-rich kale, this soup is wholesome and nourishing on its own. If you want it to be extra hearty, throw in some lentils or bean to the soup. If you want it to be creamy, you could even blend the soup before serving! And of course, it’s vegetarian- and vegan-friendly — just swap out the chicken broth for vegetable broth, and eliminate the creme fraiche!
To make the soup:
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In a medium saucepan or pot, heat the canola oil over low heat. Add the onions and cook until translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
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Add the red curry paste and stir into the onions for about a minute, until fragrant. Pour in the chicken broth, coconut milk, and fish sauce and increase the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Let it cook, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes.
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Add the sweet potatoes and kale. Cook for about 5-10 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are fork-tender, taking care to not let them get mushy. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if necessary.
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Serve the soup while hot, garnishing with cilantro and creme fraiche.
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MORE SWEET POTATO RECIPES
Like this recipe? Here are more delicious sweet potato recipes to try!
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Sheet Pan Moroccan Chicken with Broccoli Rice and Sweet Potatoes
Spiralized Sweet Potato Kale Egg White Frittata
Sweet Potato Pancakes
Spice Roasted Cornish Hens with Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Chowder
Sweet Potato and Kale Coconut Curry Soup
Ingredients
- 2 tsp canola oil
- 3/4 cup shallots or red onion finely chopped
- 4 teaspoons red curry paste add more if you would like more heat
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup unsweetened light coconut milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1-2 sweet potatoes peeled and diced in 1/2 inch pieces (about 3 cups)
- 3 cups chopped kale stems removed
- kosher salt to taste
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
- creme fraiche for serving
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan or pot, heat the canola oil over low heat. Add the onions and cook until translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the red curry paste and stir into the onions for about a minute, until fragrant. Pour in the chicken broth, coconut milk, and fish sauce and increase the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Let it cook, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes.
- Add the sweet potatoes and kale. Cook for about 5-10 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are fork-tender, taking care to not let them get mushy. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Serve the soup while hot, garnishing with cilantro and creme fraiche.
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LOVE this recipe and I cannot wait to try!
Hope you love it!
This recipe was so delicious. I just finished cooking it. Thank you for sharing!!
You’re so welcome, Jennifer! I’m so happy you liked it!
Legit speechless, that sweet potato and kale coconut curry soup recipe look unreal! Definitely, I will make it on the weekend for my family.
Hope you enjoy it!
Hey there, I’m a huge fan of soups, and sweet potato plus kale coconut curry soup recipe look way awesome! Thanks for sharing
I hope you enjoy it, Robin!
Thx for sharing sweet potato and kale coconut curry soup recipe, I definitely add it to my cookbook!
This looks incredible! Also, your photos are amazing!
This looks delicious! Love curry!
yumm, gonna make this! if you were to add lentils, would you need to cook longer?
Hi Leslie! Yes, if you add uncooked lentils, you will have to cook it longer (check your lentil’s package directions for timing). However if you’re throwing in precooked lentils, then it will be much faster and you just need to warm it up. Hope this helps!
This sounds lovely. Going to give this a go. thanks for sharing this recipe.
Simon
This wasn’t a good idea to look at while hungry! I need all of these right now!!
I think my favorite thing about your dishes is that they are always the perfect level.
After all of today’s rain, soup is just what I’m craving. This would be perfect!
I love that Mother Nature has kept up her moving day tradition with you–what a great story (and so many sweet memories). This soup looks out of control delicious, and just the sort of thing I’d like to cozy up to on this chilly winter day!
So many great recipes this month!! Can’t wait to try your soup… I’m all about the curries this winter and sweet potato and kale is the perfect combo! And I can imagine your cosy new home, the rain pouring down and this perfect soup in hand!!
Liren, this looks delicious! Can you please cook for me the next time we’re together!? :)
You got it, Erin! I would absolutely love that :)
Wow.. this sweet potato and kale coconut curry soup recipe is awesomeness! I am obsessed with healthy and vegetarian food! I’ll definitely try it! Thanks a lot for sharing Liren!
So glad you’re going to try it, Jill! Enjoy!!
Liren,
so, the rain is a great sign! :) wow, is this the 4th house all in the LA area? I lived there for about 12 years before we moved to Seattle and then here in Madison. your house is gorgeous by the way (from IG). . and this soup looks amazing. what a great way to warm up!!
Yes, it is! I joke that the cure to the drought is moving! No, we were only in LA for a short while (2nd house), then we returned to the Bay Area about 9 years ago. So crazy, all this moving – right? But it’s worth the madness. I can tell you’re settling in nicely in Madison – we loved the midwest when we lived there! Stay warm up there!
I would gladly take a big bowl of this soup today!! Such much delicious flavor!
I guess bold flavors are what we crave when it’s cold – that’s why I love your tamale pie with harissa!
I definitely want to cozy up with a big bowl of this. Only 15 degrees here for me this AM. Eekk!
Brrr!! Oh you need a bowl, Liz! Sending warm vibes your way!
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