Ww Senegalese Peanut Stew With Spinach And Sweet Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 spray(s) cooking spray
• 2 medium onions, roughly chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, cored and roughly chopped
• 1/2 lb sweet potato, peeled and chopped into 1/2-inch cubes
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 cloves garlic cloves, minced (medium)
• 2 tablespoons gingerroot, fresh, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 4 cups vegetable broth, reduced-sodium
• 6 tablespoons peanut butter, natural, creamy-variety
• 8 cups spinach, leaves, stemmed, packed, chopped

Recipe

• 1 coat a large saucepan with cooking spray and set over medium heat. add onion and bell pepper; cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• 2 stir in the sweet potato, carrots and garlic; cook for 1 minute, stirring often. add the ginger, cloves, salt and cayenne; cook for 30 seconds.
• 3 pour in the vegetable broth and bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. stir in the peanut butter until smooth.
• 4 cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer slowly, stirring once in a while, until the sweet potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes.
• 5 add the spinach; cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. yields about 1 2/3 cups per serving.
• 6 note: keep the heat low as the soup simmers so the peanut butter doesn't break (that is, in culinary terms, "doesn't fall out of suspension" or separate).