Chicken and Pepper soup are two of Nigerian favorite delicacies. The satisfaction that comes when you combine both to give an amazing culinary experience to our taste buds.
This dish is good because it is medicinal, gives good carbs and an excellent source of protein. Made of aromatic spices, it helps recovery from flu or after pregnancy and some us take it because we enjoy it so much.
We will be talking about Chicken Pepper soup recipes today.
Ingredients
- Chicken
- 3 Small seasoning cubes(Chicken flavored)
- Scent Leaves
- Sweet pepper or Tatashe
- Red onions
- Habanero Pepper
- One Teaspoon of thyme (optional)
- Starchy food (e.g. Potatoes, yam or plantain)
Note
- Use hard chicken (hen) or home raised chicken because they are tastier
- Though this dish is called pepper soup, always add pepper to you and your family’s taste. If you are having a party, make it very hot and spicy for your Nigerian guests. You can dish out your family’s portion before adding more pepper.
- In absence of scent leaves, use parsley. Never use mint leaves in your pepper soup.
Before you prepare Chicken Pepper Soup
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- Cut the chicken into single bite pieces. So its easier to eat and not have to use hands to eat the chicken.
- Rinse the chicken very well. You need to be sure all the tiny bones are rinsed off. When you cut chicken that tiny, there are bound to be tiny bones in there.
- Peel and cut the onion into 4 big chunks.
- Peel and grind the ehu.
- Clean and chop the peppers.
Preparation/Steps in Cooking Chicken Peppersoup
- Put the pieces of chicken in a pot.
- Add thyme, ground ehu and the seasoning cubes (must be crushed).
- Turn on the heat to medium and start steaming while stirring till the pieces of chicken have gotten a good steam.
- Add the chunks of onion, pour water to cover the contents of the pot, cover and start cooking till the chicken is soft. Top up the water when necessary while cooking.
- When the chicken is done, take out the now deflated chunks of onion. The reason we used chunks of onion is because you don’t want pieces of onion in your Nigerian Pepper Soup.
- Add the chopped peppers and vegetables.
- Leave to boil for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add salt to your taste and that’s it!
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