Beans and Peanuts Soup

Description

Always check the ingredients to make sure the product is vegan.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons margarine
• 2 cups thinly sliced carrot
• 12 cups boiling water
• 1 cup black-eyed peas, dry
• 1 cup dry navy beans
• ⅛ cups diced green bell pepper
• 3½ teaspoons salt
• 1 cup salted, peanuts
• ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 1 tablespoon crushed basil leaves
• 1½ teaspoons ground coriander

Procedures

1. Melt margarine in large stock pot.
2. Add carrots.
3. Cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add water, black-eyed peas, navy beans, green pepper, salt, and crushed red pepper (add more water, if necessary, to cover).
5. Cook, covered, until ingredients are tender, 1.5 to 2 hours.
6. Add peanuts, onion powder, basil, and coriander during last 10 – 15 minutes of cooking.
7. Taste to correct seasonings.
8. Soup should be thick.