Somali Peanut Soup

Ingredients

• two or three cups chicken broth or chicken stock
  1 unit
• one small Onion

  minced
  1 unit
• one small sweet green pepper (or bell pepper)

  minced
  1 unit
• one clove of garlic

  crushed (optional)
  1 unit
• salt

  black pepper, cayenne pepper or red pepper (to taste)
  1 unit
• one hot chile pepper

  minced (optional)
  1 unit
• one carrot

  chopped fine or one sweet potato or yams, boiled and mashed (optional)
  1 unit
• one or two tomatoes

  chopped or canned tomatoes (optional)
  1 unit
• one cup natural unsweetened Peanut butter
  1 unit