African Chicken Peanut Soup

One of my former roommates made a version of African Chicken Peanut Soup and let me try some. I didn't think I would like something called peanut soup but I thought it was a very comforting soup on a cold winter's day. My boyfriend Brian agreed that it's a satisfying soup although he doesn't like the particular flavor combination, partly because he keeps expecting it to taste like peanut butter. It's more like a chicken soup with a nutty undercurrent.

I cobbled this recipe together after mixing together a bunch of recipes based on what I had in the house. This soup was a little on the thin side. I let it simmer for 2 hours to make the broth. Deboning the chicken took a lot longer than I wanted since I hadn't done that in a while. But it made a big batch of soup so I was able to enjoy this for several days.

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