Best Sweet Potato Peanut 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.

SWEET POTATO-PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat two TBL oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add chopped onion; season with pepper and salt.
• Cook onion until tender (8-10 minutes).
• Stir in garlic and ginger; cook one more minute.
• Add cumin, cayenne, and cinnamon; stir until blended.
• Add the sweet potatoes into the pot.
• Stir in the crushed tomatoes, creamy peanut butter, and water.
• Add cilantro and crushed peanuts.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer, covered, until sweet potatoes are tender (about 25 minutes).
• Add more salt or pepper, to taste.

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.

BONNIE'S SWEET POTATO PEANUT JALAPENO SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Pour olive oil and melt butter in large dutch oven. Put on medium heat.
• 2. Add the shallots, celery, carrots, jalapeno, stir and cook until soft, then add the sweet potatoes, cook and stir five minutes. Add the cumin and nutmeg.
• 3. Add chicken broth, and make sure it just covers the potatoes. If it doesn't, add some more.
• 4. Let the mixture come to a boil, then cover and turn down the heat to a simmer. Simmer until the potatoes are tender. (45 minutes to an hour)
• 5. Puree the soup in batches in a blender until creamy. WARNING: Do small batches in the blender ON LOW to avoid burning yourself! The hot liquid jumps up and can overflow on high. Put the pureed soup in a pan as you finish each batch, then transfer the mixture back to the dutch oven. Heat, the soup, add the peanut butter to it and mix well. Then add the heavy cream and mix again. Heat the soup until it is hot, but don't boil it. Serve immediately with my hot French rolls (this site) and butter. Add hot sauce to the soup if desired. Enjoy!

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.

SWEET POTATO AND PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil, and saute onions in a heavy-based stockpot.
• Add garlic and cumin, and stir-fry 30 seconds over medium heat.
• Add chopped sweet potato, cover and cook for 10 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
• Add chicken stock, bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add peanut butter and chili sauce, and mix into the soup thoroughly.
• Simmer uncovered for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.
• Puree with a hand-held blender, such as a Bamix, until the sweet potato is almost smooth.
• Serve immediately, garnished with chopped peanuts and chives or cilantro.

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 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.

SWEET POTATO AND PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in soup pot over medium heat
• add celery onion garlic and leek and cook to softened 5 minutes
• add sweet potatoes broth peanut butter and cinnamon stick, bring to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes to tender
• remove and discard stick. Puree soup (and strain if you want)
• Return to soup pot and add 1/2 cup cream over low heat. Salt to taste. Do not let boil
• Combine remaining cream with molasses, nutmeg, pinch salt. Whip to stiff peaks.
• Serve with dollop of whipped cream and garnish with chopped peanuts (optional)

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.

SWEET POTATO-PEANUT SOUP WITH HAM CROUTONS

Steps:

• In 4- to 5-quart Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion, celery and garlic in butter 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add broth, sweet potatoes and chopped rosemary. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover; simmer 25 minutes or until potatoes are very tender. Remove from heat; cool 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add ham; cook until browned and crisp on all sides. Drain on paper towels; cover to keep warm.
• In blender or food processor, place one-third of the potato mixture. Cover; blend on medium speed until smooth. Pour into large bowl. Repeat twice with remaining potato mixture. Return pureed mixture to Dutch oven; stir in peanut butter. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, until soup is smooth. Stir in whipping cream, salt and pepper; cook until thoroughly heated. Top individual servings with ham. Garnish with rosemary sprigs.