Nigeria

Suya

Name: Suya
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 600 g sirloin sliced thin beef; 1/2 cup roasted finely ground peanuts; 2 tsp (more for real heat) red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder (ground ginger); 3 cloves grated garlic; 1/2 cube crushed stock cube (bouillon cube); 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 thinly sliced to serve onion; 1 sliced to serve tomato; Salt, to taste

Thin beef, peanut and chilli spice, fire. Lagos nights in a newspaper wrap.

40 minTime

45 gProtein each

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Classic suya.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Beef600 g sirloin, sliced thin

Peanuts½ cup roasted, finely ground

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)2 tsp (more for real heat)

Kashmiri chilli powder2 tsp

Dry ginger powder (ground ginger)1½ tsp

Garlic3 cloves, grated

Stock cube (bouillon cube)½ cube, crushed

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Onion1, thinly sliced to serve

Tomato1, sliced to serve

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Mix ground peanuts, both chilli powders, ginger, crushed cube and salt. This is yaji.
2Thread beef onto soaked skewers. Rub with garlic and oil, then press yaji on generously. Rest 20 minutes.
3Grill on very high heat or under the oven grill, turning, until charred at the edges.
4Sprinkle with more yaji and serve with raw onion and tomato.

Serve it like this

Serve on paper or a wooden board, skewers piled high, raw onion rings and tomato slices on top and extra yaji in a small dish.

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