Nigerian Spiced Mixed Meat Pepper Soup is a traditional Nigerian recipe for a classic stew of mixed meats with spices in a hot chilli-based stock thickened with a cow's foot. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Nigerian version of: Nigerian Spiced Mixed Meat Pepper Soup.
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Ingredients:
500g beef or mutton or goat
225g cleaned tripe, chopped into 3cm lengths
225g kidneys
1 cow foot (this is a common ingredient in many African recipes and is there really for it's flavouring and thickening properties)
100g Pepper Soup Spices
50g ground chillies
2l stock or water
50g chopped mint
50g chopped utazi leaves (substitute dandelion leaves, for their bitterness [older leaves are better in this case])
1 medium onion, chopped
salt to taste
Method:
Wash all the meat then cut the kidneys into small cubes and place in salted water to soak for an hour. Wash the diced tripe and place in a deep pot along with the cow's foot then add the chopped onions and chillies. Season with salt and add some water or stock and cook for between 45 minutes and an hour, or until almost tender.
Drain the water from the kidneys and cook separately for 5 minutes then rinse and add to the pot of cooked meats. Add the pepper soup spices and stock then bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes. Stir-in the crayfish and utazi (or dandelion) leaves and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
Season with salt and serve in soup bowls, garnished with chopped mint.
