32 Reviews of Spicy African Peanut Soup

From: JustJanS

On Jun 30, 2002

I made this as a trial for work on Monday. It is so good I can't believe it. Easy, fast, tasty and beautiful to look at, just what I wanted for my dinner next week (and I'm so glad that we got to eat the trial run!) I used a reduced-fat PB, added a tablespoon of lemon juice, and garnished the soup with cilantro. Thanks Friedel for a great recipe-now I must try your other soup (Garlic, Chick-pea and Spinach) I have in my cookbook.

From: yogi

On Jul 11, 2002

Delicious! I wasn't sure about the peanut flavor with soup, but it works surprisingly well. I altered a few things to what I had on hand (used less bell pepper, and honey roast peanut butter - omitting sugar.) I'm the only soup & vegie lover in my house, but I'm sure I'll finish off this pot of soup all by myself.

From: Linorama

On May 14, 2003

What a fun soup! I saw the ingredients and just had to see for myself how they all worked together. After putting it together and allowing it to simmer 30 minutes, I was hooked. I love the richness, the just-right peanut flavor, and the slight spice afterglow. I used my immersion blender and left it a little chunky. Thanks for sharing this outstanding recipe, Sackville Girl. I can't wait to have a dinner party now! One side note, I'm a quick and careless cook and I found the recipe hard to follow as I had to jump around in the list of ingredients. As a result I cooked the green onion with the soup and almost missed the garlic completely. (That would have been a shame!!)

From: Kumquat the Cat's friend

On May 20, 2005

Now I can say for the first time that I tried a recipe that I wanted to give a higher mark than 5 stars allowed. This was OUTSTANDING! I used to have a favorite soup but this peanut soup may have just supplanted it. I made this slightly lower in fat by reducing the oil and peanut butter by half and decided to use 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne. I forgot to buy the green onions and after tasting I thought the sugar was unnecessary too. BTW, I used chunky peanut butter and removed veggies with slotted spoon before pureeing so there were little bits of peanut left in the soup. Wow, yummy!

From: Picholine

On Dec 13, 2005

I enjoyed this but it was too rich for my husband and too spicy for my children. However, the next day I mixed it with cooked rice, and it complemented it perfectly--like a curry soup. The only changes I made were using a hand blender and tomato sauce instead of juice. If I make this again, I'll leave it more chunky, maybe add chicken, reduce the cayenne, and definitely serve it over rice. But the yam-potato-peanut butter combo is not for everyone, so I wouldn't recommend this for less adventurous palates.

From: Lyman Gifford

On Jul 25, 2002

This soup is Great. Ever since I saw a TV program about the Soup Nazi's (New York City) Peanut soup being one of his best sellers, I've lusted after what I imagined it tastes like. This MUST be it! If this is not same recipe I would be surprised. I made mine quite spicy. I found Portuguese "hot paprika" to have a full earthy taste with just enough spice-heat so you could use lots. This seemed to add another dimension in the right direction, which I liked very much. 5 exclamation marks for this one !!!!! Lyman Toronto Canada

From: Gen C

On Jan 11, 2003

We LOVED this soup.....it was delicious and our guests were amazed at my cooking abilities. This recipe is a keeper!

From: Belltree52

On Apr 14, 2003

Fabulous soup. I have made this soup several times and each time have had to pass your recipe on! Just plain YUMMY Ms. Belltree

From: ChezPuppy

On Oct 19, 2008

Super yummy! We didn't have any fresh ginger or garlic, so we used powdered equivalents, and we omitted the yellow peppers, and substituted fresh cilantro for green onions. It was just spicy enough to have the right flavor, and the whole family loved it. We'll be repeating this.

From: hippeastrum

On Jul 13, 2005

This tasted pretty good.. very interesting taste, although it was a bit difficult to get picky eaters to try it because of how it looks. Thanks!