Voodoo Soup

Name: Voodoo Soup
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 onions, chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 3 tablespoons chopped chives; Generous dash of vinegar-based hot pepper sauce such as Tabasco; 900 ml/1½ pints beef or vegetable stock; 200 g/7 oz cooked kidney beans, drained; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 3 tablespoons peanut butter, crunchy or smooth; 2 bay leaves; ½ to 1 teaspoon curry powder, to taste

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hot and Spicy

By Marlena Spieler

Published 1985

About

Red beans and peanuts, enlivened with a splash of hot pepper sauce and curry, are the basis for this smooth and spicy Caribbean bisque. The name refers to the powers the woman who made the soup for me claimed to possess, along with the spirit of the hot, sultry and mysterious islands.

Ingredients

2 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons

Americas
United States
Louisiana
Soup
Spicy

Method

Lightly sauté the onions and garlic in the oil. When softened and beginning to brown, stir in the flour and cook for several minutes, then add the beans and cook for a few more minutes.
Stir in the stock, curry powder and bay leaves, then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer over a medium heat for about 10 minutes, or until the soup has thickened somew