Nigerian pepper soup with chicken and chilli

Name: Nigerian pepper soup with chicken and chilli
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 4 pcs chicken thighs; 1000 ml poultry stock; 1 pc onion; 4 cloves garlic; 20 g ginger; 2 pcs red chilli pepper; 2 pcs tomatoes; 4 grains allspice; 1 teaspoon ground pepper; 1 handful basil; 1 teaspoon salt

Eduard LáskaSpicyNigerian cuisine x se líbilo

Pepper soup ranks among the best known dishes of West Africa, and in Nigeria it appears both on the festive table and in the pot as a trusted home remedy for a cold. A few chicken thighs form the base, slowly simmered with fresh ginger, garlic and hot chilli peppers. The result is a clear, deeply spiced broth. Heat is the point here. It smells of allspice and basil and tastes best hot, seasoned with just a pinch of salt and served with a piece of fresh bread.

Příprava: 15min

Vaření: 45min

CELKOVÝ ČAS: 1h

Step by step process

Preparing the broth base

1
Pepper soup starts with a clear broth. Rinse the chicken thighs and place them in a large pot. Cover with poultry broth, bring to a boil and skim the foam off the surface. Add the chopped onion, crushed garlic and grated fresh ginger, then let the base simmer gently.

Spicing and seasoning

2
Add whole allspice berries, ground black pepper and halved chilli peppers to the broth. Keep the boil gentle. Lower the heat and simmer for 35 minutes, until the meat is tender and falls off the bone.
3
Stir in the chopped tomatoes and fresh basil leaves. Cook for another 7 minutes, taste and adjust the salt. Ladle it into bowls. Serve the soup hot, strained if you like, on its own or with a slice of fresh bread.