Seafood Pepper Soup
Seafood pepper soup is a popular Nigerian dish that features catfish and seafood cooked in a flavorful and spicy broth. It is a type of pepper soup, which is a common dish in Nigerian cuisine.
Ingredients
- 1 medium Catfish cut into 3-4 steaks
- 1 Ib Seafood mix
- 2 tbsp Pepper soup spice mix
- 1 tbsp Bouillion power
- ⅓ tbsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Uziza seed ground
- ½ tbsp Fish seasoning
- ½ Purple onion bulb, chopped
- 1 Yellow Habanero Pepper chopped
- 2 Garlic cloves minced
- 2 Ginger slices minced
- 2 tbsp Crayfish ground
- ½ cup Scent leaves/ Basil chopped
- ¼ tbsp Salt
- 1 Lemon or Lime
Instructions
- Wash the catfish steaks with warm water. Using the lemon, gently clean the catfish steaks to remove any slime on it. Rinse the catfish, pat dry and set aside.
- Wash the seafood mix with warm water. Transfer the catfish and seafood mix into a pot or pan. Place the pan/ pot on medium heat to begin cooking.
- Add the minced onions, ginger, garlic, habanero peppers. Add water, just enough to cover the fish and seafood mix, cover the pot and cook for 5 minutes.
- Next, add your crayfish, uziza seed, fish seasoning, pepper soup mix, bouillon powder and salt. Cook for another 10 minutes.
- Add the the basil / scent leaves, cook for another 5 minutes and serve!
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Notes
*If you want to use plantains or African yams, cut and wash it. Add it when parboiling the fish and seafood.
*Be careful to not cook the pepper soup for longer than the stated cooking time. This is to avoid the fish breaking to pieces in the soup.
*Serve hot on its own or with a side of white rice, or bread.
*Refrigerate or freeze any leftovers. To warm, reheat in the microwave for 5 minutes.
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