{{Short description|Soup made from peanuts}} {{Infobox food | name = Peanut soup | image = Fufu.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = West African peanut soup with fufu | alternate_name = Groundnut soup | country = | region = West African cuisine | creator = | course = Main | type = Soup | served = Hot | main_ingredient = Peanuts, onions, tomatoes, eggplants, okra, ashanti pepper, ginger, bay leaves, rosemary, peanut butter, water | variations = | calories = | other = }} '''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)<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> and other areas around the world. It is also common in some regions, such as Argentina's northwest,<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Bolivia<ref>{{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}}</ref> and Peru,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Groundnut soup is also a native soup of the Benin (Edo) people in Nigeria and it is often eaten with pounded yam.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> Some of the essential ingredients used in making it are ugu, oziza leaves, ''Piper guineense'' (uziza seed) and ''Vernonia amygdalina'' (bitter leaf).<ref>{{Cite news |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 |newspaper=Nigerian Tribune|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
It is prepared from groundnut which is mashed into a paste,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.{{cn|date=March 2026|reason=SEO spam removed}} It is a delicacy that Nigerian, Ghanaian and people in other African countries consume, such as in Sierra Leone.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Anthropologists' Cookbook | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-136-16789-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QxWwqqyz5KUC&pg=PA84 | page=84}}</ref> In Ghana, it is known as ''nkatenkwan'' in Akan language and "Azidetsi" in Ewe language.
== Images == <gallery> File:Ground nut soup.jpg|Garnished ground nut or peanut soup File:Fufu in groundnut soup with fish.jpg|Peanut soup with fufu and fish File:Latin American Peanut Soup.jpg|Latin American peanut soup </gallery>
== See also ==
* Peanut stew * Palm nut soup * List of peanut dishes * List of soups
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Peanut soup}} * [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/24/ghana-groundnut-peanut-soup Ghanaian groundnut soup – recipe] * [https://cheflolaskitchen.com/west-african-peanut-soup/ Nigerian groundnut soup - recipe]
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