Recipe: Heartwarming Catfish Pepper Soup
By Abby SoetanPublished: March 31, 2015
Catfish pepper soup is a delicious, nutritious comfort food that’s easy to make. Learn how to prepare this catfish soup delicacy for a hearty, flavorful meal that’s perfect for cold weather or soothing a cold.
C atfish pepper soup is a delicious comfort food that is very easy to prepare. It is also known as “point and kill” because of how the catfish is bought at local Nigerian markets: you select your desired fish by pointing at it and it is killed and prepared for you. Catfish also has tremendous nutritional benefits such as low calorie content, high healthy fatty acids and high protein content.
Ingredients
- 1 catfish (cleaned and cut into 4-6 pieces)
- 3 cups water
- 1 small habanero pepper (chopped)
- 1/2 small onion (chopped)
- 1 seasoning cube
- 1 tablespoon pepper soup spice (can be found at a local market/ African market)
- 1 tablespoon ground crayfish
- 1 basil leaf
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak the fish in a bowl of ice cold water 3 minutes before cooking to prevent the fish from falling apart
- Put fish in a pot over medium heat and add water
- Season with seasoning cube, salt, onions, pepper and crayfish. Boil for 10 minutes
- Add basil leaf and pepper soup spice. Boil for additional 3 minutes
- Serve hot
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