African peanut soup

African peanut soup

Be careful of the extremely hot Scotch bonnet chillis in this smooth nutty soup from Ghana

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Put the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli in a food processor and whizz to a paste. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add the paste and cook gently for 3-4 minutes until fragrant. Add the tomatoes and stock, season and simmer for 20 minutes.
  2. Stir in the peanut butter and simmer for 5 minutes. Whizz in a blender until smooth.

PER SERVING

204 kcalories, protein 6.7g, carbohydrate 12.3g, fat 14.1 g, saturated fat 2.7g, fibre 3.3g, salt 2.2 g

Recipe from olive magazine, January 2012.

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  • Binder photo SGx

    17 May 2012

    SGx rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Tasty! Very rich, partner described it as "like a big bowl of tomato-y satay sauce"! One thing about the recipe; I was a bit confused as the recipe calls for a "200g can of chopped tomatoes", while the standard tin size is 400g. Played it safe, but feel I should have gone with a whole 400g tin. Otherwise, delicious.

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  • 15 July 2012

    Liezel rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was extremely good, but too rich as a soup. Next time I will reduce it and use it as a dipping sauce for chicken skewers

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  • 21 July 2012

    Jodie Rees rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Cor, so hot - loved it! Doubled up the recipe and also used a whole chilli rather than half (hate wasting food). A good soup for cold winter months.

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  • 02 December 2012

    championcat commented on this recipe

    My husband's Ghanaian and makes THE BEST groundnut soup. We love it with chicken or beef (they call it soup but it's more like a stew) in it, and served with rice balls (boil some rice, pound it with a wooden spoon til sticky and shape into balls). It's also nice with mushrooms in it. Fine to use normal peanut butter, or leave out the chilli (I do when making it for my small children).

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 1 onion , roughly chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves , roughly chopped
  • a 3cm chunk ginger , roughly chopped
  • ¼ Scotch bonnet chilli , seeded and chopped
  • oil , for frying
  • 1 x 200g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 500ml light vegetable stock
  • 2 level tbsp smooth organic peanut butter (you'll need a no sugar added peanut butter such as Whole Earth)
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PER SERVING

204 kcalories, protein 6.7g, carbohydrate 12.3g, fat 14.1 g, saturated fat 2.7g, fibre 3.3g, salt 2.2 g

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