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Nigerian Goat Meat Pepper Soup

A light, spicy Nigerian broth slowly simmered with goat meat, pepper soup spices, ehuru, and ground crayfish.

Nigerian pepper soup is made with different meats or fish and varying combinations of spices. This version follows a goat-meat approach, with ehuru, pepper soup spice mix, and chile.

Total time105 min
DifficultyIntermediate
servings4
Nigerian Goat Meat Pepper Soup
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Method

  1. 01

    Prepare the meat and aromatics

    Clean and wash the goat meat. Slice the onion, crush or grind the garlic, and shell and grind the ehuru seeds.

    35 min
  2. 02

    Start cooking the meat

    Put the meat in a pot with the onion, garlic, salt, stock cubes, and beef seasoning. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes.

    10 min
  3. 03

    Tenderize the meat

    Add 3 cups of water and cook the meat until tender, for 30 to 50 minutes. If needed, add the remaining cup of water during cooking.

    50 min
  4. 04

    Add the spices and finish the soup

    Stir in the pepper soup spice mix, ground ehuru, ground crayfish, and chopped chile. Let the soup boil for 10 minutes, then taste the broth.

    10 min

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