This Bourbon Sweet Potato Bisque recipe is the best soup I have made in ages. The sweet potatoes are tender but not mushy. The broth is just the perfect texture. The addition of walnuts give it a small crunch. The addition of a small amount of bourbon adds an indescribable flavor to the soup. Everyone will be asking you what it is. Don’t forget the alcohol burns off but the flavor remains!
Bourbon Sweet Potato Bisque with Walnuts
The addition of a small amount of bourbon adds an indescribable flavor to the soup.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Adjust Servings: 4
Calories: 306
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 sweet onion diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 pinch of red pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons bourbon
- 2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cubed (mine came to about 1.25 pounds, peeled and cubed)
- 2 cups low-sodium vegetable stock
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Heat a large pot over medium heat and add olive oil and butter. Add onions with pepper flakes and a pinch of salt and stir to coat, then cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add in garlic and cook for another minute. Increase heat slightly and add bourbon, stirring well. Let cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add sweet potatoes, stock and water to the pot. Cover and let simmer for 25 minutes, until sweet potatoes are soft.
- While sweet potatoes are boiling, add bread cubes to a baking sheet. Toss with cinnamon and sugar, then brown butter, and bake for 8-10 minutes until golden. Remove and set aside until soup is finished.
- After sweet potatoes are soft, carefully pour the entire mixture into a high-powdered blender and pureed until smooth and creamy, about 5 minutes. Additionally, you can use an immersion blender but the soup may not be as smooth. Transfer creamy soup back into the pot over low heat. Stir in half and half, salt and pepper, then taste and season additionally if needed. Serve with walnuts on top.
Notes
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 306kcal (15%) | Carbohydrates: 40g (13%) | Protein: 8g (16%) | Fat: 13g (20%) | Saturated Fat: 7g (35%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 37mg (12%) | Sodium: 325mg (14%) | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 4g (16%) | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg
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I am Marilyn Lesniak. Writer, Photographer and Chief Bottle Washer behind the scenes at Marilyn's Treats. Follow me to my kitchen. 
Oh, I love me some sweet potatoes!
Thanks for linking up to Waste Not Wednesday!!!
I love this time of year with the garden bursting at the seams. Have a great week!
This is pure comfort food! I’ll be saving this recipe and making some soon!
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I hope you get the chance to make this Lianne. Enjoy.
I have never had bourbon in soup before but I would love to try this Marilyn
It adds a great flavor Amber. You need this in your life! Have a great week.
Anything with Bourbon floats my boat! Happy Fiesta Friday!
Thank you Ginger. The addition of the bourbon here carries it right out of the ball park! Have a wonderful week!
This looks like great flavours Marilyn 🙂 Tasty. Thanks for sharing at Welcome To The Weekend Blog Hop, hope to see you on Monday for our next blog hop 🙂
Thank you Claire. You are always a gracious host. Have a wonderful week!
Your Sweet Potato Bisque looks so rich and tasty, a great fall soup. I really appreciate you sharing your awesome post and your talent with us at Full Plate Thursday.
Have a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
I totally enjoy all the inspiration brought to Full Plate Thursday Miz Heleln. Thank you for letting me share. Enjoy your week!
Doesn’t that sound so delicious. All those yummy flavors in the soup and then topped off wtih walnuts and cinnamon sugared bread cubes. I can’t wait to try it Marilyn
I truly hope you get the chance Michelle. Soups are the ways I get a lot of my veggies.
Never made a bisque before. That looks super tasty!
Thanks for sharing at #bloggerspotlight!
Shared on my group boards.
My favorites are creamy style soups. They just seem more hearty to me. My family however would beg to differ as they like broth and veggies. I hope you get to try some! Enjoy your week!
What a great recipe, who would have thought of adding bourbon to soup ?? It sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing at Bloggers Pit Stop.
Wine, beer and hard liquor are great ingredients for adding flavor in recipes. It is always good to remember that when you cook with them the alcohol burns off and leaves the flavor behind. Have a great day!
finally! an excuse to buy bourbon! sounds divine!
I love your reasoning Sue!! The alcohol burns off but the flavor remains. Have a wonderful week!
Never heard of anything like this and it sounds amazing! Pinning!
Thank you April. It was one of the best soups I have earn in ages!
Wow! This sounds so different. I’d never think to try this combination.
Thanks for sharing on the Shine Blog Hop!
You are welcome Tiffany! I look forward to the Shine every week.
Oh thanks for this, I am always on the look out for new recipes. I really love new soup ideas, I tend to make a batch on a Sunday for lunchtimes during the week 🙂 #overthemoon
Thank you Yvonne. I love soup. Since I am not much of a veggie eater, I find it the best way to eat them! Have a lovely Easter.
Such classic flavors and such a gorgeous soup. Thanks for bringing this by to Throwback Thursday!!
Mollie
Thank you Mollie for the kind words. I will see you Thursday.
Some unusal flavour combinations Marilyn which I never would have thought of. Thanks for sharing with us at #OvertheMoon link up and have a great week!
Thank you Sue! You would love this bisque. Have a lovely Easter.
I really love a sweet potato bisque, but I think I would prefer yours. All the ingredients look scrumptious, add a dash of bourbon and a few red pepper flakes, and I’m sure it turns out delicious. Before I came to this post I had read your st. Patrick’s Day post and that chocolate orange Guinness cake might be the perfect finisher for the soup. LOL
Its the red pepper flakes that set this recipe apart from the others. The cake would be a good finisher, but I much prefer a nice after dinner drink!
This sounds like a dish out of a fancy, expensive restaurant or chef’s tv show, Mariyn. Beautifully scrumptious! (I love the red pepper flakes touch. I’ve learned that I like red pepper flakes in a lot of dishes where you wouldn’t expect it.)
Thank you for the kind words Regina! I have been trying to cook and eat healthier lately. You inspire me! Have a great weekend.
This sounds delicious!
I would LOVE for you join and share this at my DIY and Recipes FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Love that Facebook Group! I found many new blogs to follow already! Thank you Jess.
oooo this looks interesting! I don’t do a lot of cooking with sweet potatoes but I have found some recently that I plan on finding recipes for, I might have to try this minus the walnuts x Thanks for linking up to #YumTum this week
I am sure if you try it you will like it! Thanks Charlotte.
That sounds wonderful!
Thanks Christine!
This is unique. I love sweet potatoes soup but I like the twist you add here with the bourbon. Another Marilyn treat to try.
You flatter me Michelle! I love it. Have a lovely day.
This sounds like it’d have some wonderful flavor! I bet the walnuts add some great texture too. 🙂
You are spot on CJ. Thanks for stopping by. Have a lovely day.
Sounds very tasty Marilyn – Thank you for sharing with Pin worthy Wednesday
Thank you Amberjane. See you wednesday!
I’m not a huge soup fan but this recipe certainly sounds intriguing! #yumtum
Thanks Emma! The bourbn flavor and walnuts make it taste lime a dessert! Thank for coming fom #yumtum
This is almost dessert and I love it!
It really is Sandra. But I wonder what it would be like with a dollop of sour cream?
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What an amazing combination of flavors, I am anxious to try this and can’t imagine the flavor! It sounds like it will be delicious! I am pinning this to my soup board. Thank you so much for sharing over at Celebrate Your Story!
Thank you Chloe for the kind words. The walnuts give the soup an extra texture that is amazing. I hope you have a lovely day.
This looks absolutely delicious & I never imagined such a combination – sweet potatoes, bourbon & walnuts! Yum! pinning!
Thank you Cathy. It truly will tickle your tastebuds! Have a lovely day.
This looks super delicious! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday this week. 🙂
Thank you so much Marie. I love Merry Monday. Have a lovely week.
This sounds Amazing! I am really looking forward to trying this, as I love a good Bisque recipe and the combo of ingredients here is unique. Pinned & Yummed 🙂
Angela, this bisque is so hearty and healthy. The best part is that it takes practically no time to make! Thanks for the comment.
Wow – every ingredient sounds good and together it sounds great!! Thanks for sharing on the “what’s for dinner” linky!
That is great praise coming fom you Helen! Thank you for being a great friend.