Southern Peanut Soup
This creamy Southern Peanut Soup has a wonderful blend of flavors that will please your soup desires. Made with the freshest ingredients, this budget-friendly soup recipe will become one of your favorites.
Notes
Southern Peanut Soup – about $1 per serving
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 small Vidalia onion, chopped
- 1 stalk of celery, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 3/4 cup hot chicken stock or broth
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup natural peanut butter (no sugar added)
- juice of 1/2 to 1 lime, or to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter in saucepan over medium low heat, add onions, celery and carrots and cook for about 10 minutes, until onions become translucent. Add garlic and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
- Whisk flour into the onion mixture, cook for 1 minute, then whisk in the hot chicken stock. Turn the heat up to medium. While stirring, cook 5 minutes until moderately thickened.
- Next, whisk in the heavy cream and peanut butter, heat the soup through but do not bring to a boil. Stir in the lime juice.
- Serve with optional toppings such as chopped toasted peanuts, scallions, cilantro, cayenne or hot sauce. This soup is also delicious served chilled.
