Easy Curried Cauliflower Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
1/2 onion, sliced, or to taste
3 carrots, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1/2 red bell pepper, sliced
3 cloves garlic, peeled, or more to taste
1 head cauliflower, chopped
1 (32 fluid ounce) container chicken stock, or as needed
2 tablespoons yellow curry powder
1 tablespoon butter
4 dashes hot sauce (such as Tapatio(R)), or more to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, carrots, red bell pepper, and garlic until tender and softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add cauliflower to vegetable mixture and pour in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Cook soup until cauliflower is tender, about 10 minutes.
Remove pot from heat and blend soup using a hand blender until smooth.
Place pot over low heat and add curry powder, butter, hot sauce, salt, and pepper to soup; simmer until flavors have blended, about 15 minutes more.