Best Vegan African Peanut Soup – easy to do

This Vegan African Peanut Soup has been a great discovery. I was looking for fall soup recipes, like my wild rice mushrooms soup and I found this amazing creamy soup that resembles somehow the hearty curries that I love that much.

The original Maafe (1) or West African Peanut Soup, is a spicy peanut stew normally made with meat like beef, sweet potatoes and carrots, so I veganized it by omitting the meat, adding more spices and to give a touch of creaminess I used coconut milk. I LOVE the result. 

Rice is not a must but I really think that the dish changes completely without it; the rice is what gives the soup body and texture as the sweet potatoes are really tender and the rest is just cream.

It is a very easy soup to make, it will last for a couple of days in the fridge and you can freeze it to enjoy weeks after.

Vegan African Peanut Soup

Recipe by NoeCourse: Lunch and Dinner

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

Calories

300

kcal

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp (30 ml) olive oil

• 1 white onion, diced

• 1 chunk ginger, peeled and minced

• 1 small serrano pepper, deseeded and minced

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 tsp salt

• 2 tsp cumin

• 2 tsp paprika

• 1/4 tsp cayenne

• 4 cups (1 litre) vegetable stock

• 1 can (400 ml) coconut milk

• 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in small cubes.

• 3/4 cup (180 ml) natural peanut butter

• 1/2 cup (125 ml) tomato paste

• 3 handfuls spinach

• Garnish

• Red chili pepper

• 1/4 cup chopped peanuts

• Fresh parsley

• Cooked rice, optional

Directions

• Heat over medium heat a large dutch oven or pot and once hot add the olive oil and onion. Sprinkle the salt and cook for a couple of minutes.
• Add the serrano pepper, ginger and garlic, curry, paprika, cayenne and cook for 20-30 secs, then add the vegetable stock, coconut milk, sweet potatoes, peanut butter and tomato paste and stir. Bring the soup to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 15-20 min just until the sweet potatoes are tender.
• Turn off the heat, add the spinach and gently combine to help the spinach wilt.
• Garnish with chili pepper or flakes, chopped peanuts and fresh parsley or coriander.

Recipe Video