Ghanaian Groundnut / Peanut Soup


Hello everyone, as I write this my taste buds are begging to get a quick fix of what I am about to share with you. For you home cooks out there, please make sure you try and make this at home, it is THE BEST soup you will have ever tasted I promise you!! As you can certainly tell this is my favorite dish and in my opinion is one of the most amazing Ghanaian recipes out there.

This Ghanaian recipe of peanut soup appears on the menu in many African countries. This smooth, creamy version thickened with both peanuts and peanut butter gets its sweetness from yam. A warm reddish brown, the soup is fragrant with sweet spices, intensely flavored, earthy and piquant. Europeans brought peanuts from South America to Africa in the early 1500’s where they caught on quickly because of their similarity to the native African bambarra groundnut. In the U.S. it has become traditional to serve this soup when celebrating the seven days of Kwanzaa. Substitute vegetable stock for a deliciously rich vegetarian soup

Well here goes…. I’m about to give you the instructions on how to make the Ghanaian recipe of Groundnut / peanut soup.

Ingredients
# salt and pepper, to taste
# 2 large onions, finely chopped
# 4 large very ripe tomatoes or
# 13 ounces canned tomatoes

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Directions

1. Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water, peel off the skin and blend the flesh to a smooth juice. If using canned tomatoes, blend. Cut the meat into small pieces, wash and season with salt, garlic and chopped shallots. Add a little water, put it on the fire and allow to boil for about 10 minutes.
2. Put the peanut butter into a big bowl, add 3/4 pt. of the boiling water and use a wooden spoon or a blender to blend the peanut butter and water carefully together to form a creamy, smooth sauce…..

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This Ghanaian recipe soup is usually served with FUFU, an Akan dumpling made from yams, plantinas, cassava or even processed potato flakes. The FuFu should sit like an island in a sea of soup.This is a dish that is traditionally eaten with your fingers – even the soup!

Trust me you guys are going to love this Ghanaian recipe -

I would really love you guys to try it and give me feedback on what you think of it

.Ghanaian Groundnut / Peanut Soup

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2 Responses to “Ghanaian Groundnut / Peanut Soup”

  1. Justin Says:

    You never said what to do with the onions in the Peanut Soup recipe.

  2. Mrs Okeke Says:

    This soup is very nice in Nigeria we add differnt leaves at different cooking. example the pumpkin leaf(Ugwu) or bitter leaf. Very delicious soup. A must for every family.

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