Name: West African Peanut Soup Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 chopped Large Onion; 1 tbsp minced garlic; 1 tbsp or 1 tsp ground ginger, minced fresh ginger root; 2 tsp cumin; ½ tsp ground Cinnamon; ¼ tsp ground cloves; ¼ tsp Cayenne pepper; 2 cups diced, crushed fresh tomatoes; 2 peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes large sweet potatoes; ¾ cup roasted peanuts; 6 cups or vegetable stock for vegetarians chicken stock; ½ cup peanut butter; ½ leaves chopped bunch cilantro; to taste salt and freshly-ground black pepper

How To Make West African Peanut Soup

An exquisite dish particular in West Africa, this peanut soup tastes like a new-found haven of peanuty puree seasoned with various herbs and spices!

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 45 minutes

Total: 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2tbspvegetable oil
1large onion,chopped
1tbspgarlic,minced
1tbspfresh ginger root,or 1 tsp ground ginger, minced
2tspcumin
½tspcinnamon,ground
¼tspcloves,ground
¼tspcayenne pepper
2cupsfresh tomatoes,diced, crushed
2large sweet potatoes,peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes
¾cuppeanuts,roasted
6cupschicken stock,or vegetable stock for vegetarians
½cuppeanut butter
½bunch 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 for about 8 minutes until lightly browned.
Stir in the garlic, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, and cayenne. Sauté together for about 2 to 3 minutes to release their fragrance. Then stir in the tomatoes and sweet potatoes, and continue to cook, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes to meld the flavors.
Add the stock and peanuts. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
Remove the soup from the heat. Using an immersion blender, purée the soup until smooth. 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.

Recipe Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 519.05kcal
Fat: 33.53g
Saturated Fat: 5.39g
Trans Fat: 0.06g
Monounsaturated Fat: 17.91g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.32g
Carbohydrates: 39.28g
Fiber: 6.78g
Sugar: 13.96g
Protein: 20.91g
Cholesterol: 8.64mg
Sodium: 1172.26mg
Calcium: 91.40mg
Potassium: 1056.67mg
Iron: 3.39mg
Vitamin A: 504.70µg
Vitamin C: 14.34mg

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