Afia Efere Unen (White Soup with Chicken) is a traditional Nigerian recipe for a classic stew of chicken meat with smoked fish with yam in a ground crayfish and okra sauce. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Nigerian version of: Afia Efere Unen (White Soup with Chicken).
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Ingredients:
1kg fresh chicken, jointed
1 medium smoked fish (washed)
250g fresh okra (sliced)
100g ground crayfish
250g yam pounded in a pestle and mortar
25g fresh chillies, chopped
1 uyayak pod [Aidan fruit], broken into three or four large pieces (the sweet and fragrant fruit pod of Tetrapleura tetraptera; substitute 30g palm sugar and a few pounded mangetout)
1l stock or water
salt to taste
Method:
Season the chicken with salt, add to a pan along with some stock, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the remaining stock, washed smoked fish, chopped chillies, okra, and ground crayfish. If you have access to uyayak fruit break into pieces and add to the pot. Otherwise, add the palm sugar and mangetout (snow peas).
Cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook for 15 minutes. Mould the pounded yam into small balls and drop into the soup to cook and thicken. Remove the Aidan Fruit pieces, season to taste and serve.
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