Creamy Peanut Soup

Submitted by Chef Buggsy Mate

"This is a deliciously different soup...has a bit of a Tia flare"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 8 cups
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup onion, finely chopped
• 3⁄4 cup celery, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1 1⁄2 cups smooth peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• coarsely chopped peanuts (to garnish)

directions

1. In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat.
2. Add onion, celery, red pepper flakes and garlic.
3. Cook 5 minutes or until tender.
4. Sprinkle flour over mixture.
5. Stirring constantly, cook one minutes until well blended.
6. Whisking constantly, add chicken broth, peanut butter and soy sauce.
7. Reduce heat to medium-low; whisking frequently, simmer about 15 minutes.
8. Garnish with peanuts and serve hot.

Reviews

[cathyfood]

Nice fresh ingredients, but very bland flavor. I made half a recipe just to check it out. I put in more soy sauce and pepper flake, and added cumin, white pepper, a bouillon cube, and more chicken broth because it was thick as pancake batter. I don't think it needs have flour in it as a thickener - the peanut butter made it thick enough. It still lacked something, so I added a half-cup of leftover homemade spaghetti sauce (no meat) because I saw other recipes called for some tomato. It was better, but I won't bother making it again. I have eaten peanut soup in restaurants, which I enjoyed. I'll just stick with Asian noodles with peanut sauce for my savory use of peanut butter!

 

[AcadiaTwo]

I too am a big peanut butter lover like Seasoned Cook, however we apparently don't care for peanut butter soup. (probably no fault of the recipe). Made for Potluck tag 2010.

 

[Seasoned Cook]

I LOVED this soup!! The bits of onion and celery gave it much flavor! Very hearty and filling! I'm a big peanut butter lover and this really satisfied me. Prepared as a participant in the April 2009 Aus/NZ Swap #27.