Nigerian Pepper Soup Recipe
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Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: African
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Serves: 8
 
Ingredients
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 pound boneless chicken thighs
  • 2 onions
  • 15-ounce can plum tomatoes
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 tablespoons Pepper Soup seasoning
  • 2 sweet potatoes, diced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons dried crayfish, ground with mortar and pestle
  • 2 tablespoons palm oil
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • Lime juice
Instructions
  1. Cut 1 onion into thin slices and line the bottom of a Dutch oven or soup pot with half of the onion
  2. Lay the chicken thighs on top of the onion pieces and cover with the remaining half an onion
  3. Sprinkle the Pepper Soup seasoning over the chicken and onions
  4. Drop in the sweet potatoes, pour in water, add bay leaf and heat to a boil
  5. Reduce heat to medium and let cook 20 to 30 minutes, until chicken is cooked through
  6. Remove chicken, cut into small pieces and return to the Dutch oven
  7. Take the remaining onion and dice it, quarter the garlic clove
  8. Drop onion and garlic into a food processor or blender along with the tomatoes and process until smooth
  9. Add the pureed vegetable mixture to the soup
  10. Stir in the dried crayfish and palm oil and let soup simmer for 20 minutes
  11. Taste for seasoning and add salt as needed
  12. Finish with a drizzle or two of lime juice
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