Chicken pepper soup
Sometimes, a comforting bowl of soup is all you need. This easy to put together chicken pepper soup is loaded with spicy, bold, and hearty flavors. It’s so easy to make and you can hardly go wrong putting this together.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 lb chicken
- 2 Tbsp Crayfish
- 3 inches ginger root
- 1 Tbsp pepper soup spice
- 6 to 8 cups water (or as needed)
- 2 scotch bonnets
- 1 onion
- 2 plantains (Green)
- 3 to 4 tsp seasoning powder (About 3 cubes)
- 5 garlic cloves
- Salt to taste
- Fresh Basil leaves
Instructions
- 1
Blend onions, ginger, garlic, and scotch bonnet and set aside.
- 2
Cut the chicken into pieces and clean thoroughly.
- 3
Put the cleaned chicken inside a pot. Add the blended mixture, seasoning powder and salt to taste. Mix thoroughly and leave to cook for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- 4
Add the pepper soup spice, crayfish, and water. Stir and leave to cook for another 15 minutes.
- 5
Meanwhile, peel the plantains and cut them into about 2-inch chunks.
- 6
Add the cut plantains inside the cooking soup and leave to cook for 15 to 20 minutes or till the plantains become tender
- 7
Stir in the basil leaves and serve hot or warm.