African Peanut Soup with Beef
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Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: African
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 1 pound stew beef cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 beef soup bone (optional)
  • 3 tablespoons palm oil (if you don’t have palm oil, you could substitute peanut oil or canola oil)
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 pound tomatoes,diced (I used Roma tomatoes)
  • 1 clove garlic, minced fine
  • 1 quart beef broth
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper or cayenne pepper
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • ⅔ to ¾ cup natural peanut butter (chunky or smooth)
  • 1 large sweet potato (approximately 1 pound) cut into ½-inch pieces
  • 6 sprigs of cilantro
Instructions
  1. In a Dutch oven or soup pot, heat 1 tablespoon palm oil over medium heat
  2. Add half the beef and cook until browned
  3. Remove beef and set aside, again add 1 tablespoon palm oil and brown the remaining beef and set aside
  4. Add the final tablespoon palm oil to the pot and heat over medium
  5. Dump in the onions and bell pepper and cook for about 5 to 6 minutes, until the vegetables become soft
  6. Add garlic and cook for another minute or two
  7. Put the beef (and soup bone if using) into the pot
  8. Stir in the tomatoes, salt, crushed red pepper, coriander and chili powder
  9. Pour in the beef broth and bring to boil
  10. Cover and simmer for 1 hour, or until beef is tender
  11. Add the sweet potato
  12. Stir in the peanut butter and bring to a boil once more
  13. Reduce heat and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, until sweet potatoes are tender
  14. Serve topped with some freshly cracked black pepper, chopped cilantro and a spoonful of peanuts
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