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A delicious African peanut soup recipe that everyone will love! Detailed recipe and photos included.
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Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 Tbsp. minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp. fresh minced ginger root (or 1 tsp. ground ginger)
- 2 tsp. cumin
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 (15-ounce) can crushed tomatoes (or 2 cups fresh diced tomatoes)
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2″ cubes
- 3/4 cup roasted peanuts
- 6 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock)
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ bunch cilantro, leaves chopped
- salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Sauté the onion until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Stir in the garlic, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, and cayenne. Sauté together 2 to 3 minutes to release their fragrance. Stir in the tomatoes and sweet potatoes, and continue to cook, stirring occasionally about 5 minutes to meld the flavors.
- Add the stock and peanuts, bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes. Remove the soup from the heat. Using an immersion blender, puree the soup until smooth. (You could also do this in a blender or food processor — just be careful to blend in small batches and don’t burn yourself!) Return the soup to the saucepan. Whisk in the peanut butter and chopped cilantro, season with salt and pepper and heat through.
- Serve and garnish with additional chopped cilantro, crushed peanuts, and/or tomatoes if you’d like.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Aliza Green
I am glad that you are trying out dishes from other cultures, however I am West African (Nigerian) and this recipe is so different from the original that I would not have recognized it if you had not added WEST AFRICAN to the name. Traditional West African meals are not cooked with cumin, cinnamon, cilantro, cloves. These ingredients are not even indigenous to West Africa. How then can we make a local soup with them?
I found a link that comes much closer: http://www.onlinenigeria.com/links/Recipesadv.asp?blurb=428.
Oh my…soup is just what I`m craving right now…and I like the idea of peanuts in a soup! Smart.
This looks great! I live in South Africa but haven’t yet explored the other cuisines on the continent (horrid, I know). Keen to give this a go though.
Hi Ali,
My hubby made this soup this week and it is SOOO good! We added a dollop of plain non-fat yogurt on top–mmmm. Thanks for sharing it!
Mira
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