African Quinoa Soup

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This African quinoa soup is loaded with veggies, sweet potato, and peanut butter for a hearty and comforting weeknight dinner.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, chopped
1 sweet potato, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 zucchini, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 cups vegetable stock
1/2 cup quinoa
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1 pinch ground black pepper
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1/2 cup peanut butter

Directions

1 Heat butter in pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, sweet potato, red bell pepper, celery, zucchini, jalapeno pepper, and garlic in the melted butter until vegetables are softened, about 10 minutes.
2 Stir vegetable stock, quinoa, cumin, oregano, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper into vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer soup until quinoa is tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir peanut butter into soup and simmer until flavors have blended, about 20 more minutes.