West African Peanut Soup
Kitchen Tested 
- Yield 3 servings
- Prep 5 mins
- Cook 20 mins
Carrots, pungent ginger, and sweet potato meld with creamy peanut butter for a satisfying soup.
Mark Boughton Photography / styling by Teresa Blackburn
This vegetarian, dairy-free soup is quite thick. Thin with a little water if desired.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped (about 3/4 cup)
- 1 to 2 teaspoon minced, peeled fresh ginger
- 1 dash cayenne pepper
- 1 -- sweet potato, peeled and chopped (about 1 cup)
- 2 1/2 cups water, divided
- 1/2 cup tomato juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 5 -- green onions, chopped
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan. Stir in yellow onions and carrots and cook, stirring often, until onions are soft, about 3 minutes. Add ginger and cayenne; cook 1 minute.
- Add sweet potato, 2 cups water, tomato juice, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, until potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
- Ladle soup into the bowl of a food processor. Add peanut butter. Cover and process until smooth. Pour into a clean pan.
- Heat soup over low heat. Add remaining 1/2 cup water to thin if desired. Ladle into soup bowls and top each serving with green onions.
Recipe reprinted with permission from Eat the World: Good-for-You Food for Families by Allison Liefer and Kate Leahy, Common Threads, 2009.
