Groundnut Soup

Name: Groundnut Soup
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10 cups
Cuisine: african
Ingredients: 1 5 1/2 to 6 pound chicken, cut into eigths; 2 tablespoons salt, or to taste; 1 teaspoon pepper; 2 medium yellow onions, trimmed and peeled; 2 carrots, trimmed and peeled; 1 6-ounce can tomato paste; 8 ounces peanut butter; 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper; 2 tablespoons dry white wine

Recipe from Bea Sandler

Adapted by Eric V. Copage

Updated Nov. 15, 2022

Total Time: 1 hour
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Ingredients

Yield:10 cups

15½ to 6 pound chicken, cut into eigths
2tablespoons salt, or to taste
1teaspoon pepper
2medium yellow onions, trimmed and peeled
2carrots, trimmed and peeled
16-ounce can tomato paste
8ounces peanut butter
½teaspoon cayenne pepper
1teaspoon crushed red pepper
2tablespoons dry white wine

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Preparation

Step 1
Place the chicken in a large stock pot and cover with 2 quarts of water. Add the salt, pepper, onions and carrots. Simmer over medium heat for 45 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken, onion and carrot and reserve for other purposes.
Step 2
Add the tomato paste, peanut butter (blended with a bit of the stock before you return it to the pot), cayenne and red pepper to the pot. Heat gently over low heat for 10 minutes, or until the oil rises to the top of the stock. Skim off the oil and cool to room temperature. Stir in the white wine. Chill thoroughly before serving.