African Peanut Soup with Roasted Chicken

This African Peanut Soup with Roasted Chicken is a unique, full-of-flavor comfort soup. It has lots of veggies, herbs and spices; along with fresh ginger.

Prep Time: 193 min Cook Time: 193 min

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1 medium sweet onion, roughly chopped

1 medium yellow bell pepper, roughly chopped

3 cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped

2 " piece ginger, peeled and roughly chopped

1 teaspoon ground or crushed coriander seed

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon tumeric

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 quart low sodium chicken broth

2 cups peeled and roughly chopped carrots

16 ounce can peeled plum tomatoes

1 large sweet potato, peeled and roughly chopped

¼ cup roughly chopped cilantro, packed

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon Sriracha chili sauce

1½ teaspoons salt, more to taste

½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

¾ cup peanut butter

1 can light coconut milk

2 cups shredded roasted chicken breast, rotisserie chicken is great

cooked jasmine rice, for topping (I use ½ cup per serving)

finely chopped bell pepper, any color, for topping

finely chopped fresh cilantro, for topping

roughly chopped salted peanuts, for topping

Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil over medium heat in a large stockpot or dutch oven. Add onions and pepper and sauté until soft and translucent. Add garlic, ginger and spices and continue to sauté for 2 more minutes.

Step 2

Add the chicken stock, carrots, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, cilantro, brown sugar, Sriacha, salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes until all veggies are super tender.

Step 3

Add coconut milk and peanut butter and puree with a stick blender or a regular blender. If using a regular blender, be sure to allow mixture to cool a bit before pureeing.

Step 4

Add roasted chicken and cook for another minute or two until chicken is heated through. Ladle into bowls and garnish with a scoop of rice and a sprinkle of the chopped bell pepper, cilantro and peanuts.