Peanut Vegetable Soup
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 2:41am

Ingredients




1/4 cup butter - (½ stick)
1/2 cup julienned carrots
1/2 cup julienned zucchini
1/2 cup julienned sweet green or red pepper
1/2 cup shredded red cabbage
1/2 cup chopped onion
3 tablespoons flour
5 cups chicken broth
1 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter
1 cup light cream or milk or 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper

Preparation

1 Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add carrots, zucchini, pepper, cabbage and onion; saute 3 minutes. Add flour and stir until smooth. Gradually stir in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Stir in peanut butter; reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. 2 Remove from heat. Stir in cream, salt and pepper. Garnish with chopped peanuts. 3 This recipe yields 8 to 10 servings.