Ingredients

• 6 cups vegetable broth
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Chinese 5-spice powder
• 4 sweet potatoes, chopped
• 2 apples - peeled, cored, and cubed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Instructions

1. Pour vegetable broth into a pot and bring to a boil.
2. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and celery in hot oil until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add Chinese 5-spice powder to onion mixture, stir to coat, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
3. Mix sweet potatoes, apples, salt, and onion mixture into broth; cook until sweet potatoes are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool soup for at least 5 minutes.
4. Pour soup into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth.