Purple Sweet Potato Soup (Ube Soup). My healthy purple sweet potato soup is a gorgeous purple soup recipe to impress your guests with! This healthy romantic soup recipe is perfect for a romantic dinner at home.
I made my easy healthy purple soup recipe with purple sweet potatoes (also called ube), red onion, coconut oil, bone broth, and spices! Make this healthy soup recipe for your special someone and have a romantic dinner for two at home.
My Purple Sweet Potato Soup Recipe is:
- Super easy to make!
- Super healthy for you!
- High in fiber for gut health
- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Vegan (option in recipe card)
ROMANTIC PURPLE SWEET POTATO SOUP INGREDIENTS
- avocado or coconut oil
- red onion
- purple sweet potatoes
- bone broth
- rosemary
- coriander
- nutmeg
- salt & pepper
ARE PURPLE POTATOES GOOD FOR YOU?
This purple sweet potato soup is not only super gorgeous and romantic, but it is also filled with healthy benefits! See that deep purple color? That is actually thanks to the antioxidant content!
Not only a gorgeous purple color, this purple sweet potato recipe is also super easy to make and delicious!
ARE PURPLE POTATOES HEALTHY FOR YOU?
Yes! Purple potatoes are excellent for your health. Purple sweet potatoes are rich in antioxidants that can help with gut health and lowering inflammation all over your body. They are also high in fiber, copper, vitamin B6, vitamin C, potassium, and manganese!
I loaded my healthy purple potato soup with more healthy ingredients for a super healthy purple soup!
What makes this soup healthy:
- Coconut oil: medium chain fats, burned quickly for energy, fats are necessary for healthy skin and gut health.
- Red Onion: high in vitamin C, needed to build collagen for healthy skin!
- Bone broth: very gut healing and a good source of protein, which will benefit your weight loss and skin health!
- Sea salt: has all its natural minerals
TIPS TO MAKE THE BEST PURPLE SWEET POTATO SOUP EVER
BAKE OR ROAST PURPLE SWEET POTATOES TILL SOFT. If you want a truly unique purple potato soup and have a little extra time, roast your purple potatoes in the oven before adding to your soup for even more flavor!
SAUTE ONIONS TILL SOFT AND TRANSLUCENT. Onions add the best base soup flavor! I always start my healthy soup recipes with caramelized onion which adds SO much flavor to soup.
COOK 30 MINUTES ON LOW AFTER ADDING SPICE. Allow time for the purple potatoes to soak up all the delicious flavor of the spices.
PUREE USING AN IMMERSION BLENDER. This is so much easier than transferring to a blender to puree!
HOW TO MAKE PURPLE POTATO SOUP HOME
This romantic purple potato soup recipe is SO easy to make and will compliment any special romantic dinner!
Step 1: Sauté the onion
Melt the coconut oil over medium heat. You can also use any other high heat oil like avocado oil or algae oil. Once the oil is heated, add the 1 diced red onion. Sauté the onions until soft and translucent and beginning to caramelize.
Step 2: Add all the rest of the ingredients
- 4 large purple sweet potatoes (~8 cups diced purple potato)
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 6 cups chicken bone broth
Cover your purple soup and cook for about 30 minutes so all the flavors can come together nicely.
Step 3: Puree the purple sweet potato soup
Finally, your soup is ready to be pureed. The easiest way to do this is with an immersion blender. No pouring of hot soup into a small blender and having extra dishes to clean!
HOW TO SERVE PURPLE SWEET POTATO SOUP
Top your warm soup with some fresh plain Greek yogurt.
Plain coconut yogurt is also good on it! You can also add olive oil and green onions!
HOW TO MAKE ROASTED PURPLE POTATO SOUP INSTEAD
If you have a little extra time, roasting the purple potato adds even more delicious flavor to your healthy romantic soup recipe! Prick the purple sweet potato all over the outside. Roast it in your oven at 375 degrees fahrenheit for about 30 minutes till it is nice and soft.
Then add it directly to your soup along with the broth! You can leave the skin on or off it is up to you. I love leaving the potato skin on for soup because I am pureeing it anyway (so you don't even notice you're eating potato skin) but also because the potato skin has so much more nutrients!
FAQ’S
Frequently asked questions about purple sweet potato soup recipe.
WHAT IS UBE?
Ube is a purple sweet potato or purple yam that originated in southeast Asia.
ARE PURPLE POTATOES HEALTHIER THAN SWEET POTATOES?
They each have their own unique benefits! Purple potatoes are high in a special antioxidant only found in purple plants. Sweet potatoes are super high in beta carotene, potassium, and fiber.
As a registered dietitian and expert in gut and skin health for women, I recommend women to eat a variety of colored plant foods throughout the week because they all have something a little bit different for your gut and skin health!
DO PURPLE SWEET POTATOES TASTE DIFFERENT?
Purple sweet potatoes have a milder taste than orange sweet potatoes. They are also a little more dry and starchier than sweet potatoes.
WHAT IS PURPLE SWEET POTATO GOOD FOR?
Purple sweet potatoes are good for roasting, baking, frying, and boiling. Leave the skin on to get all the nutrients and fiber benefits.
More healthy purple potato recipes:
IS PURPLE SWEET POTATO SOUP VEGAN?
To make vegan purple sweet potato soup, simply replace the bone broth with vegetable broth. All other ingredients in my soup are vegan and dairy free friendly.
More Healthy Easy Soup Recipes:
- The Best Healthy Broccoli Cheddar Soup!
- Roasted Butternut Squash and Pear Soup
- Creamy Acorn Squash Soup
- Easy Classic Tomato Soup
- Golden Red Lentil Soup
- 13 Bean Soup
- 20 Minute Healthy Ramen Noodle Soup
- Instant Pot Beef & Veggie Stew
- Arabic Lentil Soup (Shorbat Adas)
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Romantic Purple Sweet Potato Soup (Ube Soup)
Equipment
- Immersion blender
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon coconut oil or avocado oil
- 1 red onion, diced
- 4 large purple sweet potatoes (ube, purple yam) ~8 cups diced purple potato
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 6 cups chicken bone broth
Instructions
- In a large pan over medium heat, heat the oil.2 teaspoon coconut oil or avocado oil
- Add the red onion and cook until the onion starts to caramelize.
- Once red onions are caramelized, add the peeled and chopped purple potatoes, broth, spices, salt, and pepper.
- Cover and reduce heat to low, cook 30 minutes.
- Once potatoes are fork soft, use your immersion blender to puree the soup completely.Serve warm and enjoy!
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Purple sweet potato soup was originally posted on December 3rd, 2019 and updated on February 14th, 2023. The original purple soup recipe was made with roasted sweet potato and was updated with chopped sweet potato for a quicker easier soup recipe!
Heidi | The Frugal Girls
I love that your soup takes hardly any prep and just 7 ingredients... and the purple color is so crazy fun!