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Sopa de Maní

Name: Sopa de Maní
Total time: 75 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Bolivia
Ingredients: 150g (raw, unsalted) Peanuts; 300g Beef; 3 Potato; 1 Carrot; 1 Onion; 50g Green peas; 50g Macaroni; 2 cloves Garlic; 1/2 tsp Oregano; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Oil for frying; A pinch Parsley

Soup

⏱ 75 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Ground peanuts simmered with beef and vegetables and topped with fried potatoes — Bolivia's creamy soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sopa de maní is a traditional Bolivian soup made by grinding raw peanuts and simmering them with beef or chicken, vegetables, and macaroni into a creamy white soup. It's classically topped with crisp thin fried potatoes and parsley, and is often made for Sunday lunch in Cochabamba homes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday in a Cochabamba home, cream-colored soup is heaped with fried potatoes as the family enjoys a leisurely lunch.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Peanuts 150g (raw, unsalted)
Beef 300g
Potato 3
Carrot 1
Onion 1
Green peas 50g
Macaroni 50g
Garlic 2 cloves
Oregano 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying To taste
Parsley A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Blend the peanuts with 300ml water until smooth.
Simmer the beef in 1.2L water in a pot for 40 minutes.
Add the peanut paste and simmer 15 minutes, stirring so it doesn't scorch.
Add 1 diced potato, the carrot, onion, peas, macaroni, garlic, and oregano and simmer 15 minutes.
Cut the remaining potatoes into thin sticks and fry until crisp.
Season with salt, ladle into bowls, and top with the fried potatoes and parsley.

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