How to prepare a Nigerian pepper soup.

The Nigerian Pepper soup is a popular
Nigerian soup recipe. It is such a versatile
recipe as it can be prepared with different
types of meat and fish. Thus there is the
Chicken Pepper Soup, the Catfish Pepper Soup
(popularly known as Point & Kill), the Goat
Meat Pepper Soup , the Cow Foot Pepper Soup
and the Assorted Beef Pepper Soup.
People usually go to exclusive bars or
restaurants to eat the Pepper Soup. This is
because this Nigerian soup recipe is believed to
be prepared with 'secret' ingredients that only
the restaurant Madams know about. Yes, the
Pepper Soup ingredient which gives this recipe
its unique aroma and taste, is truly the best
kept secret.
Ingredients for Pepper Soup
1kg Chicken or Cow Foot or Assorted Beef
4 seeds Ehu or Ariwo or Calabash Nutmeg
Chilli Pepper (to taste)
2 teaspoons crushed Dry Uziza (optional)
2 medium onions
Salt (to taste)
3 stock cubes
1 teaspoon of Thyme (for chicken pepper
soup)

Cooking Directions

1. This cooking direction describes Chicken
   Pepper Soup. To prepare Goat Meat Pepper
   Soup, Cow Foot Pepper Soup or Assorted Beef
   Pepper Soup just substitute chicken with
   cow foot or beef and offal respectively.
2. Place the pieces of chicken in a pot and
   pour enough water to cover the contents of
   the pot. Add the stock cubes, thyme and
   onions and cook till done.
   Note: When cooking Assorted Beef
   Pepper Soup, you should cook the
   shaki for sometime before adding
   the other beef parts. Shaki is tough
   and will take longer to cook than
   the other beef parts.
   Cow foot is a tough part of meat so
   when cooking Cow Foot Pepper Soup,
   you should use a pressure cooker if
   you have one. This will save you
   some gas or electricity.
3. By now, you will notice that some of the
   water has dried. Add more water to bring
   it to the level of the contents of the pot.
4. Add the ground Ehu, dry uziza, chilli
   pepper and salt to taste. Ehu has some
   spicy taste so you should add chilli pepper
   with care. Even though it is called pepper
   soup, you still want to be able to taste
   and enjoy the recipe itself. Too much chilli
   pepper will ruin it for you.
5. Cover the pot and leave to boil for 5
   minutes and the pepper soup is ready.

Pepper Soup should always be served hot. It
can be eaten alone with a chilled drink by the
side. You can also eat it with Agidi , White Rice
or Boiled Yam.