Sweet Potato And Chayote Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 yellow onion, diced
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
5 cups chicken stock or 5 cups vegetarian chicken stock
2 bay leaves
1 large sweet potato
2 chayotes, peeled, seeded and diced

Preparation

Melt the butter in a medium stock pot or dutch oven.
At medium heat, add onion and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes.
Add the stock, bay leaves, and sweet potato and simmer until the sweet potato slices are soft, about 20 minutes.
When the sweet potato slices are soft, remove the bay leaves.
Add the chayotes and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to medium and simmer until chayote is soft, about 15 minutes.
Remove from heat and let cool slightly, then puree the soup with a food processor, blender or wand blender.