- 8
minPrep Time - 20
minCook Time - 28
minReady in - 3
perYield
Recipe Overview
- Recipe typeAfricana
- Difficulty levelIntermediate
- CuisinesAfricana, Nigerian Cuisine
- CoursesSoup
- IngredientsFish and Seafood
- ServingsFor Three People
Recipe Description
If you love Catfish Pepper Soup, you will love this Catfish Pepper Soup with Plantain even more, because it is a delightful meal that you can’t get enough of. You can’t afford not to try this awesome recipe by Foodnify.
Ingredients
- Catfish 1 medium sized
- Ground pepper soup spices 3 spoonful
- Chili Pepper to taste
- Basil leaves as desired
- Plantain 2 pieces
- Crayfish (powdered) 2 tablespoonful
- Seasoning cubes 2cubes
- Onion bulb (diced) 1 medium
- Salt to taste
- Water (as needed)
Steps
- If you don’t have the pre-packaged pepper soup spices, you can prepare your own pepper soup spices.
- Wash the catfish with lime juice or scrub with salt to remove the slimy/slippery coating on its skin. Then rinse thoroughly and cut into smaller pieces.
- Place in a pot, add enough water to cover the catfish. Add onions, seasoning cubes and salt to taste.
- Cook for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, add the ground pepper, ground crayfish and the ground pepper soup spices, mix carefully and cook until the catfish is cooked.
- Do not stir the fish and plantain or else it will break. Instead shake the pot gently to allow the stock cover the fish and plantain well*
- Add in your plantain
- Add in the Uziza or basil leaves and simmer for 12 mins.
- Let it settle and then its ready to serve.
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