peanut soup

{{Short description|Soup made from peanuts}}

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| name = Peanut soup

| image = Fufu.jpg

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| caption = West African peanut soup with fufu

| alternate_name = Groundnut soup

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| region = West African cuisine

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| course = Main

| type = Soup

| served = Hot

| main_ingredient = Peanuts, onions, tomatoes, eggplants, okra, ashanti pepper, ginger, bay leaves, rosemary, peanut butter, water

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Peanut soup or groundnut soup is a soup made from peanuts, often with various other ingredients. It is a staple in West African cuisine but is also eaten in East Asia (Taiwan), the United States (mainly in Virginia){{cite web |url=http://nationalpeanutboard.org/recipes/a-thanksgiving-recipe-virginia-peanut-soup/ |title=A Thanksgiving Recipe: Virginia Peanut Soup |author=Cathy |date=18 November 2012 |publisher=National Peanut Board |access-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220085220/http://nationalpeanutboard.org/recipes/a-thanksgiving-recipe-virginia-peanut-soup/ |archive-date=20 December 2013 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/08/AR2007050800381.html |title=Where Settlers, Slaves and Natives Converged, a Way of Eating Was Born |last1=Collins |first1=Geneva |date=9 May 2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=19 December 2013}} and other areas around the world. It is also common in some regions, such as Argentina's northwest,{{Cite web|title="Sopa de mani", el plato favorito de los norteños para festejar el Carnaval|trans-title="Peanut Soup", the northerner's favorite dish to celebrate Carnival.|url=https://www.quepasasalta.com.ar/nota/229690-sopa-de-mani-el-plato-favorito-de-los-nortenos-para-festejar-el-carnaval/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=www.quepasasalta.com.ar}}{{Cite web|title=Sopa de maní, la receta ideal para celebrar el jueves de ahijados|trans-title=Peanut Soup, the ideal recipe to celebrate Godchild Thursday|url=https://www.todojujuy.com/jujuy/sopa-mani-la-receta-ideal-celebrar-el-jueves-ahijados-n117468|access-date=2020-07-07|website=www.todojujuy.com|date=14 February 2019 |language=es-AR}} Bolivia{{Cite web|date=2020-04-18|title=Sopa de Maní - Cochabamba Bolivia|trans-title=Peanut Soup - Cochabamba Bolivia|url=https://cochabambabolivia.net/gastronomia/sopa-de-mani/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Conoce Cochabamba Bolivia|language=es-BO}} and Peru,{{Cite web|title=Sopa de Mani :: Gastronomía Perú|trans-title=Peanut Soup :: Gastronomy Peru|url=http://www.gastronomiaperu.com/recetas.de.cocina/receta.php?d=1401|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Gastronomía Perú|language=es-PE|archive-date=2020-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104132355/http://www.gastronomiaperu.com/recetas.de.cocina/receta.php?d=1401|url-status=dead}} where it can sometimes be served with bone meat and hollow short pasta or fries. In Ghana it is often eaten with fufu, omo tuo and banku and is often very spicy.{{cite news |title=Ghanaian groundnut soup – recipe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/24/ghana-groundnut-peanut-soup |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 April 2013 |access-date=4 May 2013}} Groundnut soup is also a native soup of the Benin (Edo) people in Nigeria and it is often eaten with pounded yam. {{Cite web |date=2020-07-13 |title=How to Cook Groundnut Soup |url=https://foodiedame.com/how-to-cook-groundnut-soup/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=FoodieDame |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527211633/https://foodiedame.com/how-to-cook-groundnut-soup/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=2015-09-07 |title=Groundnut Soup - Omisagwe |url=https://sisijemimah.com/2015/09/07/groundnut-soup-omisagwe/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Sisi Jemimah |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2019-01-13 |title=How to prepare Cassava Fufu: Akpu |url=https://nigerianrecipes.net/how-to-prepare-cassava-fufu-akpu/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=All Nigerian Food Recipes |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628193712/https://nigerianrecipes.net/how-to-prepare-cassava-fufu-akpu/ |url-status=dead }} Some of the essential ingredients used in making it are ugu, oziza leaves, Piper guineense (uziza seed) and Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf).{{Cite web |date=2022-04-16 |title=Make groundnut soup the Edo way |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/make-groundnut-soup-the-edo-way/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2015-04-08 |title=Groundnut Soup (Omisagwe) |url=https://www.myactivekitchen.com/groundnut-soup-omisagwe/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=My Active Kitchen |language=en-GB}}

It is prepared from groundnut which is mashed into a paste,{{cite book | last=Saffery | first=D. | title=The Ghana Cookery Book | publisher=Jeppestown Press | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-9553936-6-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSVcQFoIsDIC&pg=PA44 | page=44}} usually termed as groundnut paste. When cooked, the groundnut is ashy pink in color. Groundnut soup is eaten with eba, fufu, banku, kenkey and so on.{{Cite web |title=Recipe of Ultimate Ground nut/peanut soup {{!}} Best Recipes |url=https://getmenurecipes.web.app/2147-recipe-of-ultimate-ground-nut-peanut-soup/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=getmenurecipes.web.app}} It is a delicacy that Nigerian, Ghanaian and people in other African countries consume, such as in Sierra Leone.{{cite book | title=Anthropologist'S Cookbook | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-136-16789-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QxWwqqyz5KUC&pg=PA84 | page=84}} In Ghana, it is known as nkatenkwan in Akan language and "Azidetsi" in Ewe language.