Click on the image, above to submit to Pinterest.

Palm Butter Soup

Palm Butter Soup is a traditional Liberian recipe for a classic stew of crab claws, chicken and prawns in a palm butter sauce flavoured with hot chillies. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Liberian version of: Palm Butter Soup.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

40 minutes

Total Time:

60 minutes

Serves:

4–6

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Chilli RecipesChicken RecipesLiberia Recipes


Ingredients:

2.4l prepared palm butter
20 crab claws
2 medium onions, sliced
4 Scotch Bonnet chillies
2 Maggi cubes
900g chicken
300g prawns (with shells)
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ground black pepper

Method:

Pound the chillies, onions and Maggi cubes to a paste in a pestle and mortar. Add the salt and pepper and pound in. Joint and wash the chicken and coat with the onion and chilli mix. Allow to marinate for 30 minutes.

Place the chicken pieces in a large pot along with the palm butter. Bring to a simmer then add the crab claws. Cook, uncovered, until the sauce thickens then add the prawns and cook for a further 10 minutes. Serve on a bed of plain boiled rice.