Nigerian Emergency Soup
My Diaspora Kitchen recipe - Nigerian
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 cups Beef Stock
- 1000 g Assorted Meats of Choice (precooked)
- 120 g ground Egusi (Melon) seeds (sub wth pumpkin seeds)
- 340 g chopped okra/okro (measure after chopping)
- ¼ Cup coarsely ground crayfish
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 1 Large red bell pepper
- 1/2 cup Palmoil
- 2 habanero peppers
- 1 Small Dried whole fish.
Instructions
- 1
In a blender, blend dry ground egusi with 1/2 of red bell pepper, 1/2 of onion, habanero pepper and a little water to make a paste.
- 2
In a heated sauce pan, add the palm oil, sauce the other half of the onion for about 30 seconds, then add the egusi paste and stir till it begins to show signs of sticking to the bottom of the pot. Be careful not to let it burn.
- 3
Pour in the beef stock, Taste for seasoning ( remember the beef stock is seasoned) and adjust accordingly. Add the ground cray fish and bring to boil.
- 4
Allow to boil for about 5 minutes, then stir in the chopped okra/okro and chopped half of the red bell pepper
- 5
Turn off heat and leave the pot half open. don't worry the residual heat would cook the okra.