Island Potato Soup
Coconut milk and cinnamon add an exotic flavor to this creamy potato soup. Grating some of the potatoes helps to thicken the soup. Substitute olive oil for the butter if you need a cream soup that is completely dairy free.
Serves: 6
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 8 medium potatoes (2 grated and 6 cubed)
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium white or yellow onion, minced
- 6 cups chicken broth
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- 1 can Coconut milk (14-16 ounces)
- 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
Directions
1. Peel and grate 2 of the potatoes. Mince onion and garlic.
2. Melt butter in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add grated potato, minced onion, and garlic. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Peel and cube remaining 6 potatoes and set aside.
4. Add chicken broth to the pot with the onions and garlic. Heat until simmering.
5. Add cubed potatoes, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and cinnamon, and bring to a boil.
6. Turn heat down and continue to cook over medium low heat until potatoes are soft, about 15-20 minutes.
7. Add coconut milk and cook for a couple more minutes. Salt to taste. Serve with fresh bread.
That sounds wonderful – can’t wait to try it! We were just gifted with a bag of new garden potatoes. BTW, I love your new photo!
This sounds delicious! I’ll definitely be trying it!
Just a quick comment- it’s not completely dairy free with the butter in it. If you use a butter free substitute it would be! I have a daughter that is allergic to dairy so that stands out to me. I definitely will try this though! Sounds great!
Hi Eileen,
Is there a dairy substitute you’d recommend that would be better than the olive oil I suggested at the top of the recipe?
And I can make it gluten free too. Hooray!
mmm….. i have coconut milk in the pantry. gonna try this!
I was craving a soup just like this last week!
But I’m not quite sure which part of the South Pacific the recipe comes from
, I guess the flavours are just from that part of the world. I’m from the South Pacific – I can say this! 
Sounds good. I hardly ever cook with coconut milk. Always fun to try something new.
I have to ask…is the coconut flavor strong? It sounds great, but got a picky eater that I have to ‘slide’ stuff past!
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