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Nigerian Chicken Pepper soup

This Nigerian Chicken Pepper Soup is an easy and hearty comfort food. What better way to enjoy the cold months.

Ingredients

1500 g Large whole Chicken (( cleaned and cut up.))
1 Large Onion ((finely chopped))
1 tbsp chicken boiullon powder ((or 2 seasoning cubes))
1/8 tsp Salt ((or to taste))
1/2 to 1 Tbsp Cameroon Pepper ((you can sub with 2 habenero peppers))
1 tbsp Crayfish ((optional))
1 tbsp Pepper-soup spice*
2 tbsp Palm oil ((optional))
2-3 Scent leaves (nchianwu) ( ( finely chopped I had run out of Scent leaves so I used Parsley flakes))

1
Place the washed and cut up chicken in a pot.
2
Add about 6cups of water, the chopped onions, salt and 2 seasoning cubes and bring to a boil.
3
When the contents in the pot begins to boil, add the pepper soup spice, Cameroon pepper and crayfish ( if using). .
4
Cook till chicken meat is tender then lower heat.
5
Add the chopped scent leaves and palm oil. Allow to simmer for about a minute, then turn off the heat
6
Your Chicken Pepper Soup is ready. Enjoy!!!
7
You can eat it on its own, with some hot white rice, boiled unripe plantains or boiled yam. My choice of what to eat it with depends on my mood ?