Sopa de Amendoim

Description
Peanut Soup from Curaçao, or a Caribbean chicken and peanut soup

Ingredients

 * 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
 * 1 onion, finely diced
 * 1 garlic clove, crushed
 * 8 ounces stewing beef or salt beef, trimmed of fat and diced 1x1
 * 6 cups chicken stock
 * 2 chicken breast halves, cut into 1 dice
 * 4 tablespoons peanut butter
 * 1 teaspoon sugar
 * ½ teaspoon ground cumin
 * ½ jalapeno, seeded and minced
 * ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
 * ¼ teaspoon salt

Directions

 * 1) Soak salt beef in water for 1 hour; then drain.
 * 2) In saucepan, heat oil and saute onion over medium-high heat.
 * 3) Add garlic, and stir for about 30 seconds.
 * 4) Add beef and chicken stock and bring to a boil.
 * 5) Let simmer until beef is tender (1 hour).
 * 6) Add chicken and simmer for 40 more minutes, stirring frequently.
 * 7) Whisk in peanut butter, then add sugar, jalapeno, salt, pepper, and cumin.
 * 8) Simmer 25–30 minutes and serve hot.