Sweet Potato Peanut Soup With Ham Croutons Food

SWEET POTATO-PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat two TBL oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add chopped onion; season with pepper and salt.
• Cook onion until tender (8-10 minutes).
• Stir in garlic and ginger; cook one more minute.
• Add cumin, cayenne, and cinnamon; stir until blended.
• Add the sweet potatoes into the pot.
• Stir in the crushed tomatoes, creamy peanut butter, and water.
• Add cilantro and crushed peanuts.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer, covered, until sweet potatoes are tender (about 25 minutes).
• Add more salt or pepper, to taste.

AFRICAN SWEET POTATO AND PEANUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute the onion 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Mix in the garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in the tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrot, and continue to cook and stir about 5 minutes.
• Pour water into the saucepan, and season the mixture with salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes.
• Remove the soup mixture from heat. In a food processor or blender, blend the soup and peanuts until almost smooth. Season with cayenne pepper. Return to the saucepan. Whisk in the peanut butter, and cook until heated through. Serve warm topped with fresh cilantro.

HAM AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine chicken stock, sweet potatoes, ham, celery, and onion in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until sweet potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir green bell pepper, carrot, corn, garlic, basil, parsley flakes, black pepper, and salt into soup and simmer until vegetables are softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; whisk flour into butter using a fork. Cook and stir mixture until thickened, about 1 minute. Slowly stir milk into butter-flour mixture until completely smooth; continue cooking and stirring over medium-low heat until thickened, 4 to 5 more minutes. Stir Cheddar cheese into milk mixture until melted and smooth.
• Stir milk-Cheddar cheese mixture into soup; cook until thickened and heated through, about 5 minutes.