Thai Peanut Soup

Submitted by A la Carte

"This spicy hearty soup is delicious! Quick enough to whip up for lunch. Good starter too."

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photo by PaulaG

Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 2-4

ingredients

¹⁄₃ cup chopped onion
¹⁄₃ cup chopped celery
¹⁄₃ cup chopped carrot
3 tablespoons chopped sweet red peppers
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon finely chopped lemongrass (white portion only)
1 teaspoon chopped red chile (to taste)
14 ounces chicken broth
1 ¹⁄₂ cups unsweetened coconut milk
¹⁄₂ cup peanut butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce

directions

Cook onion, celery, carrot and red pepper in butter until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the lemon grass, red chili, stir and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the flour, and let cook for 1 minute, stirring all the time.
Add chicken broth, coconut milk and soy sauce, and stir to combine well. Add the peanut butter. Keep stirring until well combined (the peanut butter will go kind of stringy, but it will melt in after a bit). Heat until hot and bubbly.
Serve with chopped fresh roasted peanuts and green onions as a garnish.

Questions & Replies

How did you get the yellow color? Using the recipe it not possible. Is there a missing ingredient?

selfsimilar
can this soup be frozen

auntywrinkle

Reviews

I have been making this soup for about five years now. Everyone I have introduced it to love it. I have made slight changes to it over the years to accommodate meat eaters.. 0. Omit carrots. You don't really need them in this. 1. Lemon zest can substitute the lemongrass. 2. I use red curry paste instead of chopped chilies, amazing I must say. 3. Puree with a stick blender. 4. Diced cooked chicken provides a more substantial meal, for a meat eater. 5. Cilantro garnish. Need I say more? Love it.

Gravyrobber
I was making Pad Thai for friends & decided on a soup as well. Found this soup and am extremely happy that I did. This was an awesome blend of flavours & turned out to be a hit! I made just a few changes; doubled the recipe, skipped the red peppers, did not have lemongrass so substituted the zest & the juice of a lime, added a clove of garlic and a healthy chunk of ginger. Also took the advice of the review and pureed the soup in the end. It turned out beautifully & I will be making it again for sure. Thx for a great recipe :-)

ChefTop
Made the following modifications: used peanut oil instead of butter, used 2 teaspoons of fish sauce instead of soy sauce, used Thai Red Curry Paste instead of red chilies, added the juice of 1 lime, fresh Thai Basil and Cilantro, added diced chicken and blended 1 cup of the veggies/broth in food processor before adding chicken. Delicious! Top bowl with crushed peanuts before serving.

reeldocs
Fabulous flavor combination. I added vegetables I needed to use up in the refrigerator-green beans and cauliflower as well as the carrots and onions. I also added chicken (which is how I got the broth). I substituted lemon zest as suggested by another reviewer as I didn't have lemon grass. This will be a keeper for sure as I love soups and they are easy to make ahead for several meals. Thank you for a great and easy recipe!

northwestgal99
This is a rich and creamy soup that made 4 generous servings. The recipe didn't say to; however, the soup was telling me to whirl it around in the blender a few times which I did. The peanut butter was homemade natural peanut butter and the soup was garnished with chopped peanuts and green onions as suggested.

PaulaG

Tweaks

I multiplied the recipe times three. I added chopped ginger, 1/4 cup of fish sauce, one can of garbanzo beans undrained, one can of other beans. I also added six Kiefer lime leaves and one package of extra firm tofu cubed. For flavor and sweetness, I added one can of pineapple cubes.

Stephen H.
Made the following modifications: used peanut oil instead of butter, used 2 teaspoons of fish sauce instead of soy sauce, used Thai Red Curry Paste instead of red chilies, added the juice of 1 lime, fresh Thai Basil and Cilantro, added diced chicken and blended 1 cup of the veggies/broth in food processor before adding chicken. Delicious! Top bowl with crushed peanuts before serving.

reeldocs