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# Food for Life Recipe of the Week: African Bean Soup
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/african_bean_soup_0123140835/
- Published: 2014-01-23T21:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T08:32:54.000Z
- Description: A PCRM recipe for eight: sweet potatoes, garbanzo beans, carrot, celery, bell pepper and crushed tomatoes simmered with peanut butter and curry powder, served over brown rice. 279 calories, 10.5 g protein and 9 g fiber per serving.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Vegetarian Recipes, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

**African Bean Soup** 

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Sweet potatoes and peanuts are familiar ingredients in many African cuisines. In this colorful soup they are combined with garbanzo beans and other vegetables and served over cooked rice.

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup water   
3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce   
1 onion, sliced   
2 small sweet potatoes or yams, peeled and diced (about 2 cups)   
1 large carrot, thinly sliced   
1 celery stalk, thinly sliced   
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced   
1 15-ounce can crushed tomatoes   
4 cups vegetable broth (see recipe) or water   
1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans, undrained   
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro   
3 tablespoons peanut butter   
1-2 teaspoons curry powder   
4 cups cooked brown rice

Directions

Heat water and soy sauce in a large pot. Add onion and sweet potatoes or yams and cook over high heat, stirring often, until onion is soft, about 5 minutes.  
  
Add carrot, celery, and bell pepper. Cover and cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.  
  
Add tomatoes, broth or water, beans and their liquid, cilantro, peanut butter, and curry powder. Stir to mix, then cover and simmer until vegetables are tender when pierced with a fork, about 10 minutes.

Per serving: 279 calories; 5.6 g fat; 1 g saturated fat; 18% calories from fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 10.5 g protein; 48.9 g carbohydrates; 6.2 g sugar; 9 g fiber; 472 mg sodium; 80 mg calcium; 3.3 mg iron; 35.7 mg vitamin C; 3,251 mcg beta-carotene; 1.8 mg vitamin E

Source: [*Healthy Eating for Life for Women*](http://support.pcrm.org/site/R?i=iKHlskE5acoJuVCAy3qnhA&ref=foodconsumer.org "buy your copy here!") by Kristine Kieswer; recipe by Jennifer Raymond, M.S., R.D.

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