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Ivoirian Peanut Soup

A hearty soup made with onions, carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peanut butter, and spices.

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Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Ivoirian Peanut Soup

Timeabout 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Saute the onions in oil until just translucent.

  2. Stir in the cayenne and ginger.

  3. Add the carrots and saute a couple more minutes.

  4. Mix in the potatoes and stock.

  5. Bring the soup to a boil and then simmer for about 15 minutes until the vegetables are tender.

Blend and finish

  1. In a blender or food processor, puree the vegetables with the cooking liquid and the tomato juice.

  2. Return the puree to the soup pot.

  3. Stir in the peanut butter until smooth.

  4. Taste the soup. If it is not naturally sweet, add just a little sugar to enhance the other flavors.

  5. Reheat the soup gently, using a heat diffuser if needed to prevent scorching.

  6. Add more water, stock, or tomato juice for a thinner soup.

Serve

  1. Serve topped with plenty of chopped scallions or chives.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

707Calories
15 gProtein
42 gFat
76 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Peanut Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Potato + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together161 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Carrot + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,606 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Sweet potatoes
Break down into a thick, starchy body that gives the soup its smooth texture when pureed.
Peanut butter
Adds richness and body, thickening the soup and giving it its nutty flavor.
Onions
Build a sweet, savory aromatic base as they soften in oil.
Carrots
Add natural sweetness and color while contributing body to the puree.
Tomato juice
Adds acidity and liquid that balances the richness of the peanut butter.

The step that matters

Stir in the peanut butter until smooth. Peanut butter can clump or stay grainy if added to very hot liquid all at once. Stirring it in gradually, with the soup off a hard boil, helps it disperse evenly into a smooth, velvety texture.

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, peanut oil, carrot, potato, tomato, peanut, butter):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Okrafits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, peanut oil, carrot, potato, tomato, peanut, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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