Best African Sweet Potato Soup Recipes

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO AND PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute the onion 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Mix in the garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in the tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrot, and continue to cook and stir about 5 minutes.
• Pour water into the saucepan, and season the mixture with salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes.
• Remove the soup mixture from heat. In a food processor or blender, blend the soup and peanuts until almost smooth. Season with cayenne pepper. Return to the saucepan. Whisk in the peanut butter, and cook until heated through. Serve warm topped with fresh cilantro.

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO AND PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium high heat and add onions. Saute for a few minutes, until starting to show a little color.
• Add garlic and ginger, and sauté a few more minutes. Stir in spices. Add cabbage, sweet potato, eggplant (if using), broth, tomatoes, apple juice, and salt.
• Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer, mostly covered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Check sweet potatoes for doneness. Turn off heat, stir in peanut butter until melts, then add lemon juice to combine.
• Serve topped with cilantro, parsley, and peanuts.

SPICY WEST AFRICAN SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add onion and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and ginger; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add cumin, turmeric, paprika, and pepper flakes, then sweet potatoes, diced tomatoes, and jalapeno. Add enough broth to cover potatoes.
• Cook until potatoes are tender, 15 to 30 minutes depending on how small you cut the potatoes. Add coconut milk and peanut butter; stir. Add spinach to the top; cover and steam until tender, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Squeeze some lime juice over the pot or the individual bowls.

WEST AFRICAN SWEET POTATO AND PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• In large Dutch oven, melt butter over medium-high heat.
• Add onion, brown sugar and 1 teaspoon salt.
• Cook, stirring frequently, until the onion is softened - 5-7 minutes
• Stir in garlic, coriander and cayenne and cook until fragrant - about 30 seconds
• Add broth, water, sweet potatoes and peanut butter
• Bring to boil over high heat
• Reduce the heat to low and cook, partially covered, until the sweet potatoes are easily pierced with a knife - 25-30 minutes
• Working in batches, use a blender or food processor to puree the soup until smooth, then return it to a clean saucepan.
• (At this point, the soup can be refrigerated up to two days)
• Reheat over medium-low heat.

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO SOUP WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the light olive oil in large soup pot. Add the curry paste and cinnamon; stir for a minute to infuse the oil with spice. Add the onion, garlic, sweet potato, yellow pepper and jalapeño. Stir and cook the veggies for 5-7 minutes, until softened.
• Add the black-eyed peas, white and black beans, broth, melted peanut butter, red pepper flakes and cilantro.
• Bring the soup to a high simmer, cover, and lower the heat; keep the soup on simmer and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 25 to 30 minutes.
• Stir in the lime juice and brown sugar or agave. Season with sea salt and ground pepper, to taste. Warm through and taste for seasoning adjustments.

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO AND PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• 1 Heat oil over medium high heat and add onions. Saute for a few minutes, until starting to show a little color. 2 Add garlic and ginger, and sauté a few more minutes. Stir in spices. Add cabbage, sweet potato, eggplant (if using), broth, tomatoes, apple juice, and salt. 3 Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer, mostly covered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. 4 Check sweet potatoes for doneness. Turn off heat, stir in peanut butter until melts, then add lemon juice to combine. 5 Serve topped with cilantro, parsley, and peanuts.

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO AND PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Saute the onion 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Mix in the garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in the tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrot, and continue to cook and stir about 5 minutes.
• Pour water into the saucepan, and season the mixture with salt.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes.
• Remove the soup mixture from heat.
• In a food processor or blender, blend the soup and peanuts until almost smooth.
• Season with cayenne pepper.
• Return to the saucepan.
• Whisk in the peanut butter, and cook until heated through.
• Serve warm topped with fresh cilantro.

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute the onion 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Mix in the garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in the tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrot, and continue to cook and stir about 5 minutes. Pour water into the saucepan, and season the mixture with salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes. Remove the soup mixture from heat. In a food processor or blender, blend the soup and peanuts until almost smooth. Season with cayenne pepper. Return to the saucepan. Whisk in the peanut butter, and cook until heated through. Serve warm topped with fresh cilantro.

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• 1.Heal oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. 2.Add onion; Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. 3.Mix in cabbage and garlic; Cook, stirring, until cabbage is tender-crisp, about 5 minutes. 4.Stir in sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tomato juice, apple juice, ginger, and red pepper flakes. 5.Reduce heat to medium-low; Cover. 6.Simmer until hot and bubbling, about 6 minutes. 7.Stir in green beans and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. 8.Stir in peanut butter until well blended and hot, about 1 minute. 9.Serve stew with crusty bread and a salad, or spoon it over rice or mashed potatoes