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African Inspired Peanut + Sweet Potato Soup by Gordon Ramsay

Karina's African Sweet Potato Soup Recipe with Peanut Butter, Black-eyed Peas and Beans - At glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com

FLAVOR!

Happy New Year, Gentle Reader. It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. And it’s time for a black-eyed pea recipe. One of my favorites, with North African inspired flavors. Serving black-eyed peas and beans at the start of a freshly birthed year is serious good mojo in some circles.

At least that’s what they tell me.

Why eating a plate of legumes on New Year’s Day brings luck I’ve no idea, but someone somewhere decided these humble little nuggets of vegan protein were a good and fortunate culinary choice. So why not?

Rather than rummage through cookbooks searching for Southern Hoppin’ John recipes or Italian white bean escarole stews I turned instead to the sun drenched flavors of West and North Africa and reprised a stew that is spicy and hearty and peanutty.

Karina’s African Inspired Sweet Potato Soup Recipe with Peanut Butter, Black-eyed Peas and Beans

Originally posted February 2006.

Why I love this soup? I admit, it’s the peanut butter. It nudges the broth into a rich, garlicky, peppery brew with a citrus-y finish (thanks to lime juice and cilantro). As for the curry spices, you can make this soul-satisfying soup as mild or as spicy as your taste buds prefer.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon light olive oil or peanut oil

1 tablespoon red or green gluten-free curry paste– hot or mild, to taste (start with less if you prefer it mild)

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 medium red onion, peeled, diced

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 medium sweet potato or yam, peeled, diced

1 large yellow bell pepper, cored, seeded, diced

1 jalapeño or other hot chile pepper, seeded, diced fine

1 14-oz. can black-eyed peas, rinsed, drained

1 14-oz. can white beans, rinsed, drained

1 14-oz. can black beans, rinsed, drained

1 quart light broth

1/2 cup 100% natural peanut butter melted in a half cup of boiled hot water (for one cup total)

1/2 teaspoon crushed hot red pepper flakes, or more, to taste

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Juice from 1 big juicy lime

2-3 teaspoons organic brown sugar or raw agave nectar, to taste

Sea salt and black pepper, to taste

For garnish:

Chopped fresh cilantro or parsley

Instructions:

Heat the light olive oil in large soup pot. Add the curry paste and cinnamon; stir for a minute to infuse the oil with spice. Add the onion, garlic, sweet potato, yellow pepper and jalapeño. Stir and cook the veggies for 5-7 minutes, until softened.

Add the black-eyed peas, white and black beans, broth, melted peanut butter, red pepper flakes and cilantro.

Bring the soup to a high simmer, cover, and lower the heat; keep the soup on simmer and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 25 to 30 minutes.

Stir in the lime juice and brown sugar or agave. Season with sea salt and ground pepper, to taste. Warm through and taste for seasoning adjustments.

Recipe Source: glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com

Karina’s Notes:

This soups works beautifully cooked slow in a Crock Pot; follow the manufacturer’s guidance for cooking vegetable soups.

Crock Pot Ham Bone Vegetable Soup by Gordon Ramsay

By DrDanDecember 29, 2018 Last Updated – December 29, 2018 / 49 Comments

Don’t toss that ham bone. Follow these easy step by step photo instructions for some great crock pot ham bone vegetable soup.

close up image of a tablespoon of ham bone vegetable soup

Editor’s Note: Originally Published April 13, 2013. Updated with improved and expanded text and discussion along with updated photos.

We occasionally have a ham bone, not a real common occurrence when you’re cooking for two, but it does happen. So what to do with a ham bone from that holiday spiral cut ham? You can toss it or make soup.

Inspired by an allrecipes.com recipe called Ham Bone Soup I read all 200 plus comment for helpful hints. There are often useful things in the comments and should be read if you’re doing a recipe.

My Rating
My rating system of a 4 out of 5 so very nice.
I’m at a 4 but my wife, the ham person, is a high 4 or low 5.

Pro Tips: Recipe Notes for Crock Pot Ham Bone Vegetable Soup.

The Ham Bone

You need enough meat on the ham bone to have some in the soup. If in doubt, you can add a chopped up ham steak or similar ham.

Many hams have a sugary coat. This sweetness needs to be reduced as much as reasonably possible. Trim or scrap off some and then a really good rinse should usually do. The sugary taste is not needed in the soup and I think it would be “weird.”

A Salt Note

The salt could easily get out of hand here. Ham has a lot of salt. Do not add any, use low sodium broth and rinse the beans.

Broth vs. Water

The model recipe uses water with added chicken bouillon cubes. Many other recipes used chicken broth.

It was pointed out to me by several commenters that the ham bone will make its own borth. I have followed that advice many times in this and other ham bone recipes with 100% success.

So you have three options. First, just water for the liquid. Second, water and add bouillon cubes later in the cooking if needed. Or use the low sodium chicken broth I initially used here. I suggest #1 now.

The Fat

There is a lot of fat in a ham. If this is a concern (and it should be), refrigerate overnight and scrap the disgusting stuff off. Hopefully, you scraped some off with the sugar coating.

Other Ham Bone Soup Options

Crock Pot Ham Bone and Bean Soup

Puerto Rican Chuletón Soup AKA Xmas Ham Bone Soup

image of a ham bone with veggies and spices

This is more than enough ham on this bone. The chicken broth is an option, but just water works well.

image of rinsing a hambone with meat under running water

Rinse the ham under running water to remove as much of any sugary coating as possible. Also, this is a good time to remove any fat the is easily removed.

image of chopped potatoes, carrots and onion on a black chopping board

Chop two peeled potatoes, two peeled carrots, a medium onion and two stalks of celery. Feel free to vary the veggies.

image of rinsing beans under running water

Rinse one can of beans. I used light kidney but did not have low sodium that would be preferred.

image of mixing ingredients in a white crock pot

In a large crock pot combine 6 cups water, 15 oz can diced tomatoes, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, and optional 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes. Add the rinsed beans and the veggies. You may use low sodium chicken broth if you prefer.

adding meaty ham bone to white crock pot

Add the ham bone and cook for 8 hours on low.

image of removing meat from the ham bone on a black chopping board

With about one hour left in the cooking, remove the bone and strip of meat.

adding the ham back into the soup

Return the meat to the slow cooker.

large ladle of ham and vegetable soup over the crock pot

Finish the 8-hour total cooking. You may now serve or refrigerate overnight and scrape off any solidified fat.

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Servings	Prep Time
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