SPICED CHICKEN PEPPERSOUP serve 6-8
Guinea Fowl or Turkey can also be used.
1.5kg/3Ib chicken (cut into pieces)
2 litres / 4pints water or stock
50g / 2oz chopped chillies
100g / 4oz pepper soup seasoning
50g / 2oz ground crayfish
50g / 2oz chopped mint
1 onion
1 clove garlic (crushed)
Wash the chicken pieces and place in a pot with some water chopped
onions chillies and crushed garlic. Season with salt and boil for 30
minutes. Add the peppersoup seasoning and the rest of the stock and
continue cooking for another 30 min utes until chicken is tender. Stir
in the crayfish and mint leaves stir and simmer for 10minutes. Season
to taste and serve hot in soup bowls.
SPICED GOATMEAT PEPPERSOUP serves 4
This soup called Nwo-nwo particular favourite of beer and palm
wine
drinkers and it is the
most popular of all the peppersoups.
lkg / 2Ib goatmeat or mutton (with bone)
llitre /2 pints water or stock
1 onion
75g / 3oz peppersoup seasoning
50g / 2oz ground chillies
50g / 2oz ground crayfish
25g / loz chopped wild mint
25g / 1 oz chopped utazi leaves
salt to taste
Wash and cut the meat into small pieces put into a deep pan add some
water chopped onions and ground chillies. Season with salt and cook
for 30-45minutes until meat is almost tender. Add the peppersoup
seasoning
and the rest of the stock and cook for another 10-15minutes until meat
is soft and tender. Sprinkle in the crayfish chopped mint and utazi
leaves stir and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot in traditional
earthenware soup pots or bowls.
SPICY MIXED MEAT PEPPERSOUP serve 6-8
500g / lib beef or mutton
225g / 8oz cleaned tripe
500g / lib cow foot (cut into small pieces)
225g / 8oz kidneys
I OOg / 4oz peppersoup seasoning
50g / 2oz ground chillies
50g / 2oz ground crayfish
21itres / 3pints stock or water
50g / 2oz chopped mint
50g / 2oz chopped utazi leaves
1 medium onion
salt to taste
Wash and cut the kidneys into small cubes leave to soak in salted water
for 1 hour. Wash and place the diced beef tripe and cow's foot into
a deep pot. Add the chopped onions and chillies. Season with salt add
some water or stock and cook for 45 minutes to an hour until almost
tender. Drain the water from kidneys and cook separately for 5 minutes
rinse and add to the pot of cooked meats. Add peppersoup seasoning and
stock bring to the boil and cook for 15 more minutes. Stir in the
crayfish
and utazi leaves and allow to simmer for 10 minutes. Season with salt
and serve in earthenware soup bowls garnished with chopped mint.
|