African Bean Soup

• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1 onion, sliced
• 2 small sweet potatoes or yams, peeled and diced (about 2 cups)
• 1 large carrot, thinly sliced
• 1 celery stalk, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 15-ounce can crushed tomatoes
• 4 cups vegetable broth (see recipe) or water
• 1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans, undrained
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 3 tablespoons peanut butter
• 1-2 teaspoons curry powder
• 4 cups cooked brown rice

1. Heat water and soy sauce in a large pot. Add onion and sweet potatoes or yams and cook over high heat, stirring often, until onion is soft, about 5 minutes.
2. Add carrot, celery, and bell pepper. Cover and cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add tomatoes, broth or water, beans and their liquid, cilantro, peanut butter, and curry powder. Stir to mix, then cover and simmer until v

water, soy sauce, onion, sweet potatoes, carrot, celery stalk, red bell pepper, tomatoes, vegetable broth, garbanzo beans, fresh cilantro, peanut butter, curry powder, brown rice

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/african-bean-soup-52781171 (may not work)