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.
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Method
- 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.
Ready to continue when: The meat is clean, and the aromatics are sliced or ground.
35 min - 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.
Ready to continue when: The mixture has boiled and the meat has cooked for 10 minutes.
10 min - 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.
Ready to continue when: The meat is tender and easy to bite.
50 min - 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.
Ready to continue when: The broth is boiling with the spices incorporated, and the meat remains tender.
10 min
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