Slow Cooker Peanut Soup ♥ Recipe
Today's soup recipe: An easy soup made with little more than peanut butter and chicken stock with a little rice for thickening. Will win no beauty awards but is surprisingly delicious and quite hearty. With this recipe for peanut soup, I'm stretching the idea of 'vegetable'. Peanuts are, of course, not vegetables but legumes -- though they are not nuts , they're seeds of a small bush and actually -- did you know? I didn't! -- grow below ground. Starting off, I had little hope for this soup, it tasted pretty flat. But after a few hours in my new programmable slow cooker , wow, what a change, the flavors really developed. Don't skip the jalapeños and red pepper flakes, they're needed to offset the peanut creaminess. It is rich so for those watching calories, plan on a half cup serving and a big salad for lunch or supper. SLOW COOKER PEANUT SOUP Hands-on time: 20 minutes Time to table: 6 - 7 hours Makes 6 cups 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 yellow onion, choppe