Vegan West African Peanut Soup

Rating

5 stars (9 reviews)

Keywords

peanut soup

Ingredients

• 1 and 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 large yellow or white onion (chopped)
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1/2 inch fresh ginger (minced)
• 2 small chili peppers (minced (I recommend red chilis, but use jalapeno if needed))
• 1 and 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1/4 tsp white pepper ((or use regular pepper))
• 1 large sweet potato (peeled and cubed (about 1.5 cups) or use carrot or squash)
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 14 oz. crushed tomatoes ((or use 1 and 1/2 cups diced fresh tomatoes))
• 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 sprig rosemary ((optional))
• 1 large sprig fresh thyme ((optional))
• 1/2 bunch collard greens (cut into 1-inch slices (about 2.5 cups) or use kale)
• 2 tbsp vinegar (divided)
• salt and pepper ((to taste, for serving))
• fresh cilantro ((for serving))

Categories

• Soup

Cuisine

• African
• gluten-free
• grain-free
• nut-free
• refined sugar-free
• soy-free
• vegan
• vegetarian

Reviews

• Frans on 2021-10-22 (5 stars):
  Suriname has always been Suriname, Dutch Guyana was a name to indicate the area of serveral islands and lands, but never an official name for any of those land. The hot peanut butter is sometimes available in your own country under the label 'Faja Lobi' and then in dutch 'Pindakaas' . But your can also make it yourself very easliy by mixing normal peanutbutter with 'madame jeanette' peppers or sambal. And for the sweet potato, I think you mean Casave? They use it a lot in Suriname. But like for all Suriname dishes it's hard to find the same thing twice, everybody has their own recipe. This is mostly due to all the diffrent cultures that were brought to Suriname as slaves. A lot of african culturers, but also a lot of asian cultures. They mixed their language and recipes resulting in a very unique own culture and cuisine. But again, like their language 'Sranan Tongo' , nobody knows what the original way of cooking (or style of writing the language) is and everybody claims to have the best recipe haha. You can try look on google for ' echte surinaamse pindasoep' and try all the diffrent ones and make your own recipe! Hope to have been of help
• Justyna on 2021-06-19 (5 stars):
  I’ve been obsessed savoury peanut butter dishes lately. Thanks for sharing!
• Peace on 2020-04-28 (5 stars):
  Thank you much for this recipe. It resembles a bit of East African peanut stew but the only difference is we don't add a sweet potato in a stew or soup. I'm going to give it a try tho, to have a little different taste to it. And also, I'll suggest East African Fufu, which is made out of corn flour. Same cooking methods as West African Fufu but we use corn meal instead. It's so delicious!, with any kind of stew. I can't wait to have it with this peanut stew.
• banana on 2018-11-30 (5 stars):
  I used one orange habanero pepper because grocery stores around me sucks and I didn't want to use green jalapenos (and next time I'll probably put two because I like my food spicy hot). It was very flavorful and satisfying even without any rice or bread. Oh, and pretty! Great soup for fall/winter.
• Deb on 2018-10-31 (5 stars):
  This was simply delicious, such good flavors. Yum!
• Ida Moser on 2018-10-27 (5 stars):
  Love it! I substituted acorn squash for sweet potato and flavors were spot on. I will make again!
• DinahT on 2018-10-25 (5 stars):
  Just made this and it's so good! Thanks Shannon!
• NIcole on 2017-03-18 (5 stars):
  This is a must tryyy Looking forward to it first time will taste peanutry stew dish