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Zimbabwean Chicken and Vegetable Soup

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Zimbabwean chicken and vegetable soup is a delicious soup that combines a variety of vegetables with peanut butter and a few red pepper flakes.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 4 cups vegetable stock, divided
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • 2 cups canned diced tomatoes, with juices
  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste
  • 1 cup finely chopped cabbage
  • 1 cup chopped sweet potato
  • 1 cup peeled and chopped carrot
  • 1 cup peeled and chopped turnip
  • 1 cup chopped okra
  • 1 cup chopped cooked chicken, or to taste

Instructions

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in the pot over medium heat. Add the onion, and sauté for about 5 minutes until translucent.
  2. 2
    Stir ½ cup of the vegetable stock and the peanut butter into the onions until the mixture looks smooth.
  3. 3
    Stir in the remaining vegetable stock, diced tomatoes with their liquid, and crushed red pepper flakes; simmer for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
  4. 4
    Stir in the cabbage, sweet potato, carrot, and turnip. Simmer, stirring, until the vegetables become soft (about 30 minutes).
  5. 5
    Stir in the okra and chicken, and simmer for about 30 additional minutes.
Category
Soups
Cuisine
African

Dietary Information

Vegetarian

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Zimbabwean_Chicken_and_Vegetable_Soup