African Peanut Soup

Love this recipe. Its a very flavorful soup with the red bell pepper and crunchy peanut butter.

 Not sure why its called African Peanut soup though?

Try this soup with a sprinkle of crushed peanuts on top or a dollop of sour cream.

African Peanut Soup:


Yield: 5 servings

Ingredients:

1 tbsp. olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 large red bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 ( 28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes, with liquid
4 cups vegetable broth
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp chili powder( optional)
1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/4 cup uncooked brown rice

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large stock pot over medium high heat. Cook onions and bell peppers until lightly browned and tender, stirring in garlic when almost done to prevent burning. Stir in tomatoes, vegetable stock, pepper, and chili powder. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

2. Stir in rice, cover, and simmer another 15 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in peanut butter until well blended and serve.

Source: All Recipes Canada