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 Time3 hours hrs 13 minutes mins
Cook Time3 hours hrs 13 minutes mins
Calories:
Author: Chris Scheuer
- 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
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.
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.
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.
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.