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Recipe
Catfish Pepper Soup
A clean, fiery, aromatic broth — the classic late-night Lagos comfort food.
- Time
- 50m
- Serves
- 4
- Level
- Easy
Ingredients
- Fresh catfish, cleaned1 kg, cut into steaks
- Pepper soup spice mix2 tbsp
- Scotch bonnet1, slit
- Onion1, sliced
- Stock cubes2
- Scent leaves or basila handful
- Saltto taste
Steps
- 1
Rinse the catfish steaks in hot salty water to firm them up. Drain.
- 2
Bring 1.2 litres of water to a boil. Add onion, scotch bonnet, pepper soup spice and stock cubes.
- 3
Simmer 5 minutes. Slip in the catfish steaks carefully — do not stir.
- 4
Cook 15 minutes until the flesh just turns opaque and pulls from the bone.
- 5
Stir in scent leaves at the very end. Serve hot in deep bowls with sliced yam or alone.