Egusi Soup Recipe (+VIDEO)

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Egusi Soup Recipe (+VIDEO)

Learn how to cook Nigerian egusi soup, a flavorful dish made with melon seeds, assorted meat, and seafood. Perfect for special occasions!

Prep Time15

Cook Time40

Total Time55

Course: Soup

Cuisine: African

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Servings:

Calories: 392kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the pepper sauce

3 bell peppers
3 sweet peppers
3 tomatoes (medium-sized)
1 onion (small-sized)

For the egusi paste

1 cup Melon seeds
1 onion (small-sized)
⅔ cup liquid stock

For the egusi soup

pepper sauce
egusi paste
1 cup palm oil
½ cup liquid stock
3 cubes chicken stock
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp locust beans
1 onion (diced)
10 pieces smoked turkey (diced)
20 pieces assorted meat (diced shin of beef, turkey, cow foot and tripe)
1 smoked mackerel (medium-sized)

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Instructions

Make the pepper sauce.

Slice and blend the bell peppers, sweet peppers, tomatoes, scotch bonnet, and onion until smooth.
Set this aside.

Prepare the egusi paste.

Blend onions, liquid stock from assorted meat, and egusi or melon seeds.
Set it aside for later use.

Cook the soup.

Heat palm oil in a pan over medium fire.
Then, gently pour in the pepper sauce, cover it, and let it cook for 15 minutes.
Afterward, add in the liquid stock and season it with stock cube, sea salt, and locus beans.
Let this cook for another 10 minutes.
Next, pour in the egusi paste. Incorporate the smoked turkey and let it cook for 5 minutes on low heat.
Then, add the assorted meat and simmer for 3 minutes.
For the finishing touches, add the diced onion and the smoked mackerel.
Let the dish simmer for another 3 minutes and enjoy the best-tasting Egusi Soup ever!

Video

Notes

In case you don’t have melon seeds, you can try to use pumpkin seeds instead.
Store the stock from the assorted meat or cooked mackerel for future use.
Remove the meat, turkey, and fish to make it vegetarian.

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