Indulge in a delightful culinary journey with our diverse collection of peanut soup recipes. From the classic West African groundnut soup bursting with aromatic spices and creamy peanut flavor to a Thai-inspired peanut soup with its vibrant blend of coconut milk, lemongrass, and galangal, our recipes cater to a range of tastes and preferences. Vegetarian and vegan enthusiasts will delight in our hearty peanut and sweet potato soup, while those seeking a quick and easy weeknight meal can opt for our speedy peanut noodle soup. Each recipe is carefully crafted to ensure a flavorful and satisfying experience, whether you're a seasoned cook or just starting out in the kitchen. Let your taste buds explore the rich and creamy world of peanut soup with our curated selection of recipes.
Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!
WEST AFRICAN PEANUT SOUP
This West African peanut soup recipe is made with simple ingredients like peanut butter and tomato paste, but has a unique delicious flavor!
Provided by Yumna Jawad
Categories Entree
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy pot. Add onions and ginger, and cook for 5-10 minutes until the onions are very soft and translucent, but not browned.
- Add tomato paste and mix with the onions until they are well coated. Add the sweet potatoes to the pot, season with salt and cayenne pepper, and mix with the onion and tomato paste mixture.
- Pour the vegetable broth or water into the pot and bring mixture to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cover for 20 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are cooked. Stir in the peanut butter until it's well blended with the mixture. Add spinach and/or chicken, if desired, and stir to combine.
- Serve over white rice with crushed peanuts, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 385 kcal, Carbohydrate 19 g, Protein 21 g, Fat 26 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Cholesterol 28 mg, Sodium 755 mg, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 8 g, ServingSize 1 serving
PEANUT SOUP WITH RICE AND SCALLIONS
Instead of white cubes of tofu bobbing in this African-style, soup where they look decidedly odd, I puree the tofu with a portion of the finished soup until everything is smooth. The tofu is there, but it doesn't intrude. And this is a method you can use with virtually any pureed soup. If you wish, you can puree the entire soup, or leave it textured, with bits of sweet potatoes and peppers.
Provided by Deborah Madison
Categories Cookstr Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Warm the oil in a wide soup pot set over high heat. Add the onions, bell peppers, ginger, and sweet potatoes, and sauté, stirring frequently, until the onions have begun to color, 8 to 10 minutes, adding the garlic after the first 5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt, several good twists of the pepper mill, and the cayenne, to taste, and cook a few minutes longer.
- Add the tomatoes and scrape the pot to lift up any brown bits from the bottom. Add the water or stock, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, covered, for 25 minutes.
- Add the peanut butter and cook, stirring, until it has dissolved.
- Remove 2 cups of the soup and puree with the tofu until perfectly smooth. Return this mixture to the soup. (If you wish, puree the entire soup.) Taste for salt and for the heat level, adding more cayenne if desired.
- Serve with 1/3 cup rice mounded in each bowl and plenty of scallions scattered over the top.
TOMATO, SCALLION, AND PEANUT PULAO (PILAF)
Provided by Aarti Sequeira
Time 40m
Yield 4 cups
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Wash the rice. This is one of the most crucial steps in creating a delicate pulao, where each grain of rice is separate from the other. Pour the rice into a large bowl and fill with fresh water. Gently wash the rice, running your hand through the rice without breaking the grains. The water will go smoky. Pour off the water and fill the bowl again. Wash, drain, and repeat 3 or 4 times until the water runs clear. By washing the rice in this way, you've just removed the excess starch from the rice so the grains won't stick together.
- In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, warm the canola oil until it's shimmering, but not smoking. Add the cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves - they should sizzle as they hit the oil. Saute gently until their woodsy aromas waft up into your nostrils.
- Add the Ginger-Garlic Paste and the chopped scallions and saute 1 minute or so until they soften.
- Add the rice to the pot, season with salt, and saute gently until the grains aren't sticking together anymore and the rice turns translucent, about 2 minutes. You should also start to smell the basmati's gentle aroma. This smell always reminds me of my mum!
- Add the can of tomatoes and stir. Cook about 2 minutes to get rid of some of the excess liquid.
- Add the water and salt and turn the heat up so that the contents of the pot come to a boil. Then turn the heat down as low as it can go, put a lid on it, and cook for 15 minutes. Don't take the lid off at all during this process! Once the 15 minutes are over, resist the temptation to take the lid off again. Let it sit 5 minutes off heat. This will steam the rice and give you a nice, fluffy pulao.
- Finish with a flourish of peanuts and a sprinkling of the scallion greens and serve.
- Throw the garlic, ginger, and canola oil in a mini-food processor and let it go until it forms a semi-smooth paste. There will still be tiny little pieces in there, but overall, it should resemble a paste.
- Save what you don't use in a small glass jar. It should last in the fridge for 2 to 3 weeks. It's a delicious addition to marinades, pasta sauces, stir fry sauces, slow-cooker recipes, gravy etc. We always had a jar of this stuff in our fridge growing up.
PEANUT SOUP WITH RICE AND SCALLIONS
Instead of white cubes of tofu bobbing in this African-style soup, where they look decidedly odd, I purée the tofu with a portion of the finished soup until everything is smooth. The tofu is there, but it doesn't intrude. And this is a method you can use with virtually any puréed soup. If you wish, you can purée the entire soup or leave it textured, with bits of sweet potatoes and peppers.
Provided by Lavender Lynn
Categories Peanut Butter
Time 1h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- 1. Warm the oil in a wide soup pot set over high heat. Add the onions, bell peppers, ginger, and sweet potatoes, and saute, stirring frequently until the onions have begun to color, 8 to 10 minutes, adding the garlic after the first 5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt, several good twists of the pepper mill, and the cayenne to taste, and cook a few minutes longer.
- 2. Add the tomatoes and scrape the pot to lift up any brown bits from the bottom. Add the water or stock, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, covered, for 25 minutes.
- 3. Add the peanut butter and cook, stirring, until it has dissolved
- 4. Remove 2 cups of the soup and purée with the tofu until perfectly smooth. Return this mixture to the soup. (If you wish, purée the entire soup.) Taste for salt and for the heat level, adding more cayenne if desired.
- 5. Serve with 1/3 cup rice mounded in each bowl and plenty of scallions scattered over the top.
VIRGINIA PEANUT SOUP
Provided by Food Network
Time 40m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Melt the butter in a heavy bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent, about 10 minutes. Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a medium saucepan. Whisk in the flour all at once and cook until the mixture has a toasty aroma. Whisk the stock into the flour mixture in a slow, steady stream until smooth. Add the heavy cream and peanut butter to the soup and stir to combine. Stir in the hot sauce and lime juice and season, to taste. Garnish with the chopped peanuts and scallions.
PEANUT SOUP
Provided by Food Network
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 27
Steps:
- In a blender or grinder, grind peanuts to a fine consistency. Heat olive oil in a large, heavy saucepan and gently saute the onion, garlic, celery, and leeks until translucent. Add cayenne pepper, cumin, salt, pepper, ground peanuts, and stock. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Add milk and cream, cover, and simmer gently for an additional 30 minutes. Serve garnished with chopped parsley and peanuts.
- Make a brine by combining salt and water in a large bucket. Soak chicken in salt water for 2 hours. Remove chicken and rinse thoroughly. Bring the beef to a boil reduce the heat and let simmer for 30 minutes; skimming off the foam from the surface with a wooden spoon.
- Add the chicken and bring back to a boil still removing foam from surface. Add vegetables and seasoning, and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until meat is cooked through. Remove meat and strain the broth through a cheesecloth, twice.
PEANUT SOUP
Popularized in colonial Williamsburg, this simple, silky soup gets brightened up with lemon juice and served with diced green apple for a touch of tartness and red pepper flakes for heat.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Soups, Stews & Stocks Soup Recipes
Time 1h50m
Yield Serves 10 to 12
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium. Add carrot and onion; season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft but have not taken on any color, about 5 minutes. Add peanuts, broth, and 3 cups water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until peanuts are tender, about 1 hour, 20 minutes.
- Working in batches (do not fill jar more than halfway), puree soup in a blender until smooth, about 1 minute. (Or use an immersion blender.) Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing on solids to remove as much liquid as possible. Return to pot and reheat over low, if necessary.
- Stir lemon juice into soup. Season with salt and pepper and serve, topped with apple, red-pepper flakes, and a drizzle of oil.
CURRIED PEANUT SOUP
Provided by Barbara Frewen
Categories Soup/Stew Blender Food Processor Rice Sauté Peanut Curry Chill Bon Appétit Minnesota
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and curry powder and sauté until onion is translucent, about 6 minutes. Add 4 cups stock and bring to boil. Stir in rice and carrots. Reduce heat and simmer until rice is very tender, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
- Puree half of soup in blender or processor with peanut butter. Return puree to saucepan. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Stir soup until heated through, thinning with more stock if desired; do not boil. Mix in sugar. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with green onions and cilantro.
Tips:
- For a richer flavor, use chicken or vegetable broth instead of water.
- Add a teaspoon of curry powder or garam masala for a warm, spicy flavor.
- Roast the peanuts in a single layer on a baking sheet at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes, or until they are golden brown and fragrant. This step will intensify their flavor.
- If you don't have a food processor, you can mash the peanuts with a fork or potato masher until they are smooth.
- Serve the soup with a dollop of yogurt or sour cream, and a sprinkle of chopped cilantro or scallions.
Conclusion:
Peanut soup with rice and scallions is a delicious, easy-to-make soup that is perfect for a quick and healthy meal. It is also a great way to use up leftover rice and peanuts. With its creamy texture, rich flavor, and simple ingredients, this soup is sure to be a hit with everyone at the table.
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