Tuesday, May 20, 2008

senegalese chicken peanut soup

this is SO YUMMY and quite easy to make as well...

ingredients
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • minced garlic (use however much you like)
  • 4-5 tomatoes, coarsely chopped
  • chicken, cubed (i used 2 breasts)
  • 1.5 cups of chicken broth
  • half a can of coconut milk
  • good spoonful of smooth peanut butter
  • red pepper powder (i used almost 1 tsp, and it was nice and SPICY)
  • 1 tbsp of curry powder
  • salt
  • pepper
  • chopped cilantro for garnish
  • sour cream (if desired)
how to:

basically, get everything chopped up and ready to go. sauté the onion in some oil (i used sesame) until it gets a little clear, don't brown it. add the garlic and the red pepper powder and let that cook in. then add the curry and stir it around for about 1 minute.

add the chopped up tomatoes and chicken broth. at this time, you might think you haven't added enough liquid, but just wait...those tomatoes will cook down and you'll be fine. let that simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes.

while that is simmering, brown the cubed chicken in a separate pan in some oil. drain the chicken periodically. when that is done, add the chicken to the soup (preferably at around the 10 minute simmer mark) and let that simmer for another 10 minutes or so on LOW heat so the chicken remains tender and doesn't dry out.

close to time of serving, add the half can of coconut milk (i used LITE milk) and let that warm through. it doesn't necessarily need to simmer, just get it warmed up. then add the peanut butter and give it some good stirring so everything is incorporated.

ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with cilantro and sour cream. this makes about 4 generous servings.

buon appetito!

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