Easy Curried Cauliflower Soup

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), or more to taste
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

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.