Peanut Soup (Sopa de Maní) – Cruceño Style

Name: Peanut Soup (Sopa de Maní) – Cruceño Style
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: Serves 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Beef bones (for broth) or beef short ribs; 1 cup noodles or rice (about 150 grams); 1 cup peanuts (about 140 grams); 1/2 bell pepper; 1/2 onion; 1 carrot; 2 cloves garlic; 1 handful green peas; 2 sprigs parsley; 1 stalk celery; 1 pinch oregano; 1 pinch black pepper; 1 pinch cumin; 1 beef bouillon cube (optional); 1 pinch ground turmeric; 1 splash vegetable oil; Salt to taste; 4 potatoes

Pamela Guzmán Umaña @cook_115587582

Santa Cruz De La Sierra Bolivia

From Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where flavor is tradition and home is always in the heart—a blend of tradition, and one of the most iconic dishes of our country.

Pamela Guzmán Umaña @cook_115587582

Santa Cruz De La Sierra Bolivia

From Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where flavor is tradition and home is always in the heart—a blend of tradition, and one of the most iconic dishes of our country.

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Ingredients

About 1 hour

Serves 5 servings

Beef bones (for broth) or beef short ribs
1 cupnoodles or rice (about 150 grams)
1 cuppeanuts (about 140 grams)
1/2bell pepper
1/2onion
1carrot
2 clovesgarlic
1 handfulgreen peas
2 sprigsparsley
1 stalkcelery
1 pinchoregano
1 pinchblack pepper
1 pinchcumin
1beef bouillon cube (optional)
1 pinchground turmeric
1 splashvegetable oil
Salt to taste
4potatoes

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Steps

About 1 hour

1

Bring water to a boil.
2

Meanwhile, sear the short ribs and beef bones.
3

Blend the peanuts until creamy, then add to the pot.
4

Add the short ribs and bones to the pot, then add the parsley and celery.
5

Chop the onion, bell pepper, garlic, and carrot; sauté them in a little oil, then add cumin, black pepper, bouillon, oregano, peas, and salt to taste.
6

Let it simmer for 40 minutes so everything cooks well and the flavors develop.
7

Meanwhile, sauté the noodles with a splash of oil and add turmeric.
8

Add the noodles to the pot and let it simmer for the remaining 20 minutes.
9

Meanwhile, fry the potatoes to serve with the soup.
10

Blend tomato, onion, and hot pepper (locoto); you can blend it if you like, this is optional as a side.