African Peanut Soup With Chicken and Potatoe

This sounds so wierd, but it is really really good. Everyone I've made it for is hesitant since it contains peanut butter, but after tasting it they love it! It's a really creamy hardy soup with a tad bit of spice and oh so yummy! I like to pair it with hardrolls to rip apart and dip in the soup. Also great with a salad. The ingredient list is all approximate. I usually don't measure when I'm making this I just eyeball and taste. You may have to tweek to your liking a bit. JIF peanut butter tastes the best BY FAR!

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 5-6

Ingredients

• 1  lb chicken breast, cubed
• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons margarine
• 1  onion, chopped
•  minced garlic
• 6  cups chicken broth
• 4  medium  cubed potatoes
• 3  cups peanut butter
•  paprika
•  ground mustard
•  red pepper flakes
•  ground red pepper

Directions

1. chop the chicken and onion and saute in a large sauce pan with the butter and garlic.
2. Once chicken is not longer pink add the chicken broth. I usually use water and boullion cubes, but either will work fine.
3. Add the chopped potato. I chop the potato very small to release the startch from the potatoes to make the soup thicker.
4. Bring to a boil and turn down to simmer about 20 min or until potatoes are tender.
5. Add the peanut butter (I like chunky so there are some nuts in the soup) 1 cup at a time. The 3 cups is an estimate. I usually take a large spoon and spoon the PB in, let it melt and keep adding spoonfulls until I get the soup the thickness I like.
6. Add paprika, ground mustard, red pepper flakes, and ground red pepper to your own personal taste. I use a lot of the paprika and ground mustard and just a tad of the red pepper since I have little toddlers that don't like spicey food. You can also add cumin and/or ginger if you like those flavors. They work great in this soup.
7. Serve! It's so great, give it a try!