Nigeria

Nigerian pepper soup

Name: Nigerian pepper soup
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 700 g goat meat with bone cubed mutton (goat meat); 1 chopped onion; 1 blended scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli); 1 tsp crushed black pepper; 1 tsp crushed fennel seeds; Whole spices, pinch of nutmeg and 2 cloves (or pepper soup spice mix); 1 inch grated ginger; 3 cloves garlic; a handful (scent leaf traditionally) tulsi leaves (holy basil); 1 cube stock cube (bouillon cube); 6 cups water; Salt, to taste

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80 minTime

37 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayGoat, pepper soup spice, scotch bonnet and scent leaf.

The original

222kcalsame

37 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

80minutessame

Classic goat pepper soup.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Mutton (goat meat)700 g goat meat with bone, cubed

Onion1, chopped

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1, blended

Black pepper1 tsp, crushed

Fennel seeds1 tsp, crushed

Whole spicespinch of nutmeg and 2 cloves (or pepper soup spice mix)

Ginger2.5 cm, grated

Garlic3 cloves

Tulsi leaves (holy basil)a handful (scent leaf traditionally)

Stock cube (bouillon cube)1 cube

Water6 cups

Saltto taste

Method

3 steps

1Rinse the goat, then simmer with onion, ginger, garlic, salt and stock cube in a little water for 10 minutes.
2Add the water, scotch bonnet and ground spices. Simmer covered until the meat is tender.
3Add the tulsi leaves and simmer 3 minutes. Adjust salt and pepper.

Serve it like this

Serve in deep bowls, piping hot, with boiled yam, white rice or bread on the side and a cold drink.

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Nigerian pepper soup

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