Egusi soup with goat meat. Do you want to learn how to cook Egusi soap with goat meat or cow meat? Do you miss eating good soup. We could tell you how in few steps.
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Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds.
You can have Egusi soup with goat meat using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Egusi soup with goat meat
- You need of I cup of egusi (melon).
- It's of Stockfish.
- Prepare of Goatmeat.
- You need of Kpomo.
- It's of Crayfish.
- Prepare of Pepper.
- Prepare of Salt.
- It's cubes of Seasoning.
- Prepare of Palm oil.
- You need leaves of Oziza.
- You need of Onions.
- You need leaves of Ugu.
It is a staple in most West African home and it is an uncomplicated one pot meal that is The typical ingredients used for Egusi soup are peppers, Onions, Locust bean and crayfish and we also like to add either beef, Goat meat or dry fish. Egusi soup has a wonderful complex flavor and is made with traditional West African ingredients and spices. It is a very thick soup, and is actually more of a stew, as you can also eat it with Meat: African soups are mostly cooked with an assortment of meat like beef, goat meat, cow feet, or tripe (shaki). Options of meats to use include beef, goat meat, smoked/dried fish.
Egusi soup with goat meat step by step
- Cut the goat meat, wash and steam with onions, salt, pepper and seasoning cubes.
- While the meat is on fire, blend the egusi and crayfish. After blending the egusi, put it in a small bowl, add a little water and stir well.
- Add the kpomo and stock fish to the goatmeat and allow it cook for about 15 minutes.
- Place a clean pot on fire and allow it dry, then add some palm oil. When well heated for about3 minutes, add some sliced onions.
- Then pour in the egusi and and allow it fry for a for about 5 minutes while you keep stirring it.
- Then pour in the steamed meat, stockfish and kpomo. Add some water, then crayfish, salt, pepper, seasoning cubes. Stir well and allow it cook.
- Keep stirring to keep it from burning. When you're sure the soup is well cooked you then add the sliced oziza and ugu leaves.
- Stir and allow it cook for about 2 more minutes and then your soup is ready..
I often just use a blend of what I have on hand or what I can easily find. The best meat for Nigerian soups for swallows is red meat with beef being the most common. You can also use goat meat. I have seen some people cook Egusi Soup with chicken, that's fine but the elders will not like it. If you use chicken, please do not use dry fish and stockfish because those two cannot.
