Food

Buka’s Nigerian Pepper Chicken Soup: Recipe

By Nat Goldberg October 16, 2013

Buka’s Nigerian Chicken Pepper Soup

Serves 3

Ingredients

½ chicken

1 yellow onion, diced

Few sprigs of fresh mint

a few sprigs of fresh thyme

4 cups of chicken stock

Fresh habanero peppers (to taste) chopped fine

1 tbsp pepper soup spice

Salt to taste

Directions

Place chicken, onion, thyme, habanero peppers, salt and spices in a large pot.

Cook on a low flame for 25 minutes.

Add the stock and boil for an additional 20 minutes.

Remove from heat

Stir in mint and serve.

pepper soup spice sold at Buka Market

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