Recipe - Hot Peanuts

2 cup Chopped onion
1 tablespoon Peanut or vegetable oil
One half teaspoon Dried cayenne (OR TO TASTE)
1 teaspoon Grated peeled fresh ginger
1 cup Chopped carrots
2 cup Chopped sweet potatoes
4 cup Vegetable stock or water (i
used instant stock powder,
and noticed no real
reduction in taste)
2 cup Tomato juice
1 cup Smooth peanut butter
1 tablespoon Sugar (optional)
1 cup Chopped scallion or chives

sautee the onion in the oil until just translucent. Stir in the cayenne
powder and fresh ginger. Add in the carrots and sautee a few more minutes.
Mix in the potatoes and stock or water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat
just a little bit and simmer for about 15 minutes, until the veggies are
tender.

In a blender or food processor puree the veggies and cooking juices until
smooth, adding tomato juice if necessary to smooth out. Put that puree back
in the soup pot, and add the rest of the tomato juice, as well as the
peanut butter, stirring until wellmixed. now, you can taste it at this
point and add heat if necessary.... it should be slightly sweet, depending
on the sweetness of the veggies. If its not slightly sweet, add the sugar
in VERY small amounts.. a little really does go a long way. at this point,
i added the three drops/dollops of Dave's Insanity sauce... which brought
it up to a good heat level. Now, put it in the bowls and top with LOTS of
chopped chive.. it adds a really neat flavor to the soup.

This really is one of my favorite soups to serve to guests.. i make it
specially mild, and they LOVE it! Of course, i have to put out the hot
sauce for my ChileEatin' friends (kinda like kissin' cousins, only
better). anyway.. i really hope you all like this one as much as I do...
It's a lot of fun to eat:)
Posted to CHILEHEADS DIGEST V3 #209, by Linda Huegel eris@email.unc.edu
on Sun, 12 Jan 1997.