How To Make Pepper Soup using Native Nigerian Recipe

Catfish Pepper Soup is a dish loved by most Nigerians. The sale of catfish pepper soup has become a booming business in Nigeria and it can be found at roadside restaurants, bars or sold exclusively at pepper soup joints.

You can enjoy catfish pepper soup right in your own home by using our easy recipe. Check it out!

Ingredients for Catfish Pepper Soup

Large Cat Fish

4 Calabash Nutmeg seeds

Habanero or chilli pepper

A few scent leaves or Parsley

2 medium onions

2 seasoning cubes

Salt

Steps To Preparing Nigerian Catfish Pepper Soup

To prepare Cat Fish Pepper Soup, wash and cut the cat fish into 1-inch thick slices. Boil some hot water and pour on the pieces of fish, stir and remove almost immediately. This is done to toughen the skin of the fish so that it does not fall apart while cooking. Cut the onions into tiny pieces and then wash and pick the scent leaves and tear them up with your fingers into small pieces.

Place the pieces of fish in a pot and pour enough water to cover the fish, add the seasoning cubes and let it boil properly. Once it starts to boil add the ground calabash nutmeg, onions, habanero pepper and scent leaves. Allow to cook for a little longer.

Once the catfish is done, add salt to taste and leave to simmer for another 5 minutes and its ready!

Catfish Pepper Soup should always be served hot. It can be eaten alone or served with, Agidi or boiled yam. Some even love to take it with white rice.

If your pepper soup is going to last till the next day, ensure that you refrigerate and warm it properly, just as if you are cooking it afresh.

Apart from catfish, there are other variants of pepper soup like goat meat, cow leg and assorted (the inside parts of a cow)

Steps To Preparing Nigerian Goat Meat Pepper Soup

Simply replace catfish with chicken. A lot of people prefer to using chicken legs and wings. Be sure to cook the meat until tender; this shouldn’t take long for chicken meat.

Steps To Preparing Nigerian Goat Meat Pepper Soup

Simply replace catfish with goat meat. Be sure to cook goat meat until tender.

Steps To Preparing Nigerian Cow Leg Pepper Soup

Simply replace catfish with cow leg. Be sure to cook cow leg meat until tender.

Steps To Preparing Nigerian Mixed Pepper Soup

Simply replace catfish with mixed meat. Be sure to cook the meat until tender.

 

 

 

 

*Cat Fish Image Source: NigerianFoodTV

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