Pepper Soup

Ingredients

• 700 g goat meat, chicken, fish or assorted meat
• 2 tablespoons pepper soup spice blend
• 3 Scotch bonnet peppers
• 1 medium onion
• 1 tablespoon ground crayfish, optional
• 2 seasoning cubes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon grated ginger
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 5 cups water or stock
• 1 handful scent leaf, uziza or parsley

How to make it

1. Cut the protein into bite sized pieces and rinse thoroughly.
2. Place meat in a pot with onion, ginger, garlic, salt and seasoning cube. Add water and cook until tender.
3. Add pepper soup spice and blended Scotch bonnet. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Add crayfish if using and adjust the liquid to make a light, aromatic broth.
5. Add scent leaf or uziza in the final 3 minutes.
6. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve very hot as a starter or with boiled yam, plantain or rice.