Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Senegalese Peanut and Tomato Soup

I have been making this soup for years and I don't know why I never thought to post it before. We make it at least once every 2 weeks since it's my husband's favorite. It's super quick, super easy, and super adaptable and uses things that I almost always have on hand. This is also a great recipe to make after poaching a whole chicken as it uses both the wonderfully flavorful broth and some of the tender chicken. You can also easily make this a vegan recipe by using vegetable broth and leaving out the chicken. Let me know if you like this soup as much as we do!


















Senegalese Peanut and Tomato Soup

- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- black pepper, to taste
- 2 tbsp canola or coconut oil
- 2 tsp Madras curry powder
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 14 oz can diced tomatoes, regular or fire-roasted
- 1/2 cup rice (I prefer basmati for this recipe)
- 1 cup chopped cooked chicken, shredded
- 1/4 smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup hot water
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped


1. In a medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion, salt, and pepper and saute until softened, but not browned (about 5 minutes).


2. Add curry powder and cook stirring until very fragrant (about 2 minutes). 


3. Add the tomatoes with their juice, the broth, and the rice. Stir. Bring up to a boil. Cover and lower to a simmer and cook until rice is done (depending on the rice type you choose, white basmati = 18 minutes). 


4. Once rice is cooked, stir peanut butter into hot water until melted and smooth and add to soup along with cooked chicken. Continue to simmer for about 5 minutes until the soup returns to temperature. 


5. Stir in chopped cilantro and serve. 


* Serves 4
* Suitable for babies over 10 months.




8 comments:

  1. Going to try it next Friday. My partner is a soup lover + a peanut butter fan. I'm sure it's gonna be a keeper for our menu planning.

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  2. This looks so delicious. I gave up peanut butter for Lent....is it Easter yet?!!

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  3. Hi Michelle,

    We made this tonight and my husband said, "Add this to the permanent list!" I didn't have chicken so I made it veggie, but it was so good. I discovered your website a while back when I made the "plunker." It was my son's favorite toy for about a month. I just started trying your recipes and they are wonderful. Great blog.

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  4. Thanks so much Mairead and I'm glad you liked the soup and the plunker! It's always so wonderful to hear when other people have success with what I post.

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  5. Made the soup tonight and as I had predicted, my partner loved it. Added 4 other cups of broth to it though. I guess we prefer our soup thinner. Big thanks for that great recipe.

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  6. Wow, I can't believe you needed 4 more cups of broth, although, as is, the recipe is quite thick. So glad you liked it though!

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