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Sopa de Maní (Peanut Soup)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 6 chunks lamb meat
  • 1 onion
  • 1 turnip
  • 1 parsley sprig
  • 1/3 cup rice
  • 1 cup peas
  • 6 peeled potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon cumin, ground
  • 1 teaspoon yellow chili pepper, ground
  • 1/2 cup ground raw peanuts, slightly toasted
  • Salt to taste

Directions

  1. Cook the lamb, onion, turnip and parsley in boiling salted water.
  2. After 20 minutes, add the peas.
  3. When the lamb is tender, add the rice and whole potatoes.
  4. After another 5 minutes, add the rice and whole potatoes.
  5. After another 5 minutes, add the cumin, yellow chili pepper and peanuts.