What it is
Pepper soup made with chicken, usually hard or old layer chicken simmered long enough to soften, in a broth of ground pepper soup spices and scotch bonnet. The broth is lighter than the goat meat version.
Key ingredients
- Chicken
- Pepper soup spice blend
- Scotch bonnet pepper
- Onions
- Scent leaf or basil
- Ground crayfish
- Salt
A list of what goes in, not a recipe. Quantities and method vary by household.
How it is eaten
Sipped hot from a bowl with the chicken pieces eaten by hand, sometimes with boiled yam, agidi or bread.
Cultural significance
Chicken pepper soup is the version most often served to the unwell and to new mothers, because it is milder and the broth is easy to drink. It is also the standard starter on Nigerian restaurant and hotel menus, and it is what many households cook when someone has a cold or a fever.
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