Pepper soup is simply meat in a spiced broth, the peculiar taste comes from the spice mix. It is commonly made with goat meat or catfish. Pepper soup is quite easy to make as long as you have the right ingredients.
Ingredients
- 3 teaspoons Pepper soup spice mix
- 2 teaspoons dry blended hot chilli
- Goat meat ( 10 small pieces)(cleaned)
- 3 cubes Maggi
- salt to taste
- small onion, small ginger and garlic (peeled, not cut)
Directions
- Set a medium size pot on medium heat, add in the washed goat,1 cup water, 2 cubes maggi, some salt, onion, ginger and garlic. change the heat to below medium, cover the pot and leave the meat to cook for 1 hour 30 minutes (or until very tender). Remove the ginger and garlic pieces.
- Add another 4 cups water to the pre-cooked meat, add in the pepper soup spice, chilli powder, left over maggi cube. combine. taste and adjust for salt. cover and simmer for another 25-30mins.
Your soup is ready to serve.
To make your own pepper soup mix you will need equal portions of : allspice seed, anise pepper, anise seeds, cloves, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, dried ginger, fennel seeds, tamarind pulp and ground pepper. (blend)
This post is dedicated to Honeydame. Thanks for the recipe request!
Hi…. Am about to cook goat meat pepper soup, is there anything I can add in it to make it thick…… Just got my goat meat, d mixed pepper soup spice, scent leaf and other ingredients for steaming the meat. And also plantain too
Is it true u can smash unripe plantain ad use it as ur thicker in making pepper soup
Pls, am about to prepare goat pepper soup..
After adding ginger and garlic, is there any need of adding sent leave.
yes, add scent leaf.
My pepper has a bitter after taste and I only added like 2leaves of scent leave and the pepper soup spice I bought what could be the reason
You may have added too much pepper soup spice. In this case the best thing it to add more water
Thanks for the post! Now I could find the garlic in the precooked meat! What’s going to happen!!!
I could not*****
You are fine! it probably melted into the broth.
love your blog. Thanks for this
You are welcome! happy cooking.
Ok…I ate dis catfish peppersoup n d sauce was thick n so nice…..ddnt want 2ask d seller aw she made it, since den I av been wondering aw d p.soup came 2live
try the nupe style catfish stew, it’s my favorite. Just add in your peppersoup spice and you are golden.
Hi! I just tried your goatmeat pepper soup recipe now. It turned out fantastic! I added a sprinkling of chopped bitter leaf though.
Awesome!!
Hi Nja foodie thks so much for dis blog I’m so happy I’m here now, pls what can i make as side meal with goat pepper soup
Boiled yam, boiled plantains, rice etc
Thank you so much, I’m loving the blog
Comment…
Interesting.
so what happened to the 2 teaspoons of dry blended hot chilli. Does that go with the pepper soup mix?
It was added in with the pepper soup spice (step 2)
Hello, jst a quick question pls, am I to peel the whole garlic nd ginger or re u just tlkn abt peeln the back of it?
Just peel the back, that is good enough.
Pls where can i get the pepper soup mix?I reside in the United States.Thanks
Hi Bola, check your local Nigerian food store. You can also make your own mix with the direction provided. Happy Cooking!!
Made this again last year with tilapia. added about 2small leaves of basil and a pinch of well-pressed and dried bitter leaf…….tooo tooo yummy!
Yeiiiiii!!!!!! that is awesome.
Can u see how life works?! This is sooo funny!I am seeing this almost 1 yr after it was posted (I am sure I must have seen it on your other blog though). I came here again looking for the recipe and here (clutches chest with both hands), I find it has been dedicated to me. You are a darling!
lol…… yei u!!