West African Peanut Soup
2023-07-06
This one is a goodie. It is very filling!! You can serve it with rice or with bread or even naan.
I adapted my recipe from Cookie and Kate
Notes:
- You can add any vegetable you like and want to get rid of. Here, I used sweet potato. But previously I have used spinach.
- Instead of vegetable broth, I use Stock.
- While red onion is preferred, I didn't have any in the cupboard, so I used brown onion instead.
- Servings: 4
Ingredients
Soup component: 4 cups of stock/broth or 1 tsp vegetable stock powder; 4 garlics, crushed; 1 brown onion, diced; 1 sweet potato any size, diced; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp crushed ginger. Peanut mixture: 1/2 cup tomato paste, 2/3 cup peanut butter
Method
- To a pot of boiling water (6 cups), add 1 tsp of vegetable stock powder. Add garlic, onion, ginger, sweet potato and salt.
- Reduce the heat and cook for 20 minutes.
- In a medium-sized, heat-safe mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter (2/3 cup),tomato paste (1/2 cup), then transfer 1 to 2 cups of the hot stock to the bowl. Whisk the mixture together until smooth, then pour the peanut mixture back into the soup and mix well.
- Simmer until the consistency is as desired (usually 15-20 mins). 2 mins before finish, add spinach (if you are using spinach).
- Serve with rice, bread or naan. (I personally like using fresh bread)
