African Peanut Sweet Potato Soup - Vegan
This recipe I had for the first time in Africa but it was made my my American friend Emily, I got to thinking about it again when my aunt posted a similar recipe and thought I'd give it a go and it turned out delicious! I invited a good friend over and she's vegan so I substituted vegetable broth for chicken broth and omitted chicken. If you'd rather have it all chickeny feel free to add those things!
What you need for this delicious recipe!
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic (I used a big spoonful of minced)
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled, chopped in 1-inch pieces
- 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
- about 30 oz of vegetable or chicken broth. (I found organic vegetable broth @ QFC for $1.24)
- 1 can of diced tomatoes in juice (.99 @ QFC)
- Ginger, recipe calls foe 1/2 tsp, I used about a tablespoon of minced. I love ginger.
- 1/8-1/4 tsp ground red pepper
- 2-3 tsp of curry powder
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
I made it in the simplest way possible. First I started by chopping sweet potatoes.
then adding everything else EXCEPT the peanut butter in a large pot.
Bring everything (except peanut butter) to a boil. Then turn down the heat to between low and medium, cover and let boil for about 10 minutes or until the veggies are all soft. After the veggies are all cooked add in the peanut butter and stir until it's all mixed in and you're done!
When you're done it will look something like this. And it was honestly one of the best soups I've had in a long time! Mmmm!
*Next time I make this I might take a little bit of the sweet potatoes out after cooking and puree them and add them back to make the broth a little thicker.
