Peanut Soup With Rice And Scallions

Serves: 3

Gabriella Kub

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

59

Spice

56

Sweetness

59

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 tbsps

Roasted Peanut

2 large

Onion (diced)

1

Salt

2 cups

Cooked Rice

Directions:

1

Warm the oil in a wide soup pot set over high heat

2

Add the onions, bell peppers, ginger, and sweet potatoes, and saute, stirring frequently until the onions have begun to color, 8 to 10 minutes, adding the garlic after the first 5 minutes

3

Add 1 teaspoon salt, several good twists of the pepper mill, and the cayenne to taste, and cook a few minutes longer

4

Add the tomatoes and scrape the pot to lift up any brown bits from the bottom

5

Add the water or stock, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, covered, for 25 minutes

6

Add the peanut butter and cook, stirring, until it has dissolved 4

7

Remove 2 cups of the soup and purée with the tofu until perfectly smooth

8

Return this mixture to the soup

9

(If you wish, purée the entire soup

10

) Taste for salt and for the heat level, adding more cayenne if desired

11

Serve with 1/3 cup rice mounded in each bowl and plenty of scallions scattered over the top

12

Warm the oil in a wide soup pot set over high heat

13

Add the onions, bell peppers, ginger, and sweet potatoes, and saute, stirring frequently until the onions have begun to color, 8 to 10 minutes, adding the garlic after the first 5 minutes

14

Add 1 teaspoon salt, several good twists of the pepper mill, and the cayenne to taste, and cook a few minutes longer

15

Add the tomatoes and scrape the pot to lift up any brown bits from the bottom

16

Add the water or stock, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, covered, for 25 minutes

17

Add the peanut butter and cook, stirring, until it has dissolved 4

18

Remove 2 cups of the soup and purée with the tofu until perfectly smooth

19

Return this mixture to the soup

20

(If you wish, purée the entire soup

21

) Taste for salt and for the heat level, adding more cayenne if desired

22

Serve with 1/3 cup rice mounded in each bowl and plenty of scallions scattered over the top