Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, nsala soup with chicken & cat fish. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Some red ground pepper also to your taste. And now let's find out how to make Nsala Soup. But maybe with your skills, it will be much faster! Although most of the Nigerian dishes contain exactly such products.
Nsala soup with chicken & cat fish is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Nsala soup with chicken & cat fish is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have nsala soup with chicken & cat fish using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Nsala soup with chicken & cat fish:
- Take Catfish
- Take Chicken
- Prepare Crayfish
- Prepare Fresh pepper
- Take 1 tbsp grounded nsala spices
- Make ready Yam for thickening
- Prepare 3 Maggi cubes
- Get leaf Utazi
- Take to taste Salt
We are sure you will be surprised. The main time consuming part of cooking Ofe Nsala is the cooking of the chicken or goat meat. The next thing is the time it takes for the pounded yam to thicken the soup sufficiently. My confession is that I actually started with using the pounded yam to thicken the soup, but had to use 'poundo yam' as well.
Instructions to make Nsala soup with chicken & cat fish:
- Season your fish and chicken with salt and Maggi, add little water and cook for about 10mins. Remove the fish and continue cooking
- Peel your yam, cut into pieces, wash and set on fire with water. Cook for about 10 to 15mins. Pound to a smooth paste. Now blend your crayfish and pepper and pour into the meat on fire. Add your spices and then cut your pounded yam into lumps and add into the soup. Cover and leave to dissolve.
- Now return your fish into the pot, stir together and leave to simmer for another 10mins. Add your sliced utazi leaf and a little salt if need be. Stir together and your soup is ready.
- Enjoy with pounded yam or akpu or any swallow of your choice. For me, it's going down with starch as tradition demands 🤣🤣🤣🤣
- For procedure on how to make the starch, check my Banga soup and starch recipe. Thank you
The next thing is the time it takes for the pounded yam to thicken the soup sufficiently. My confession is that I actually started with using the pounded yam to thicken the soup, but had to use 'poundo yam' as well. Ofe Nsala recipe is a super delicious and unique soup that originates from the Eastern part of Nigeria in West Africa; Ofe Nsala also known as White soup is a delicacy usually made by the Igbos and some parts of Delta state. Nsala soup is known to be made particularly for women who just gave birth, and also during special occasions. Nsala soup or white soup as commonly called by Nigerians is a meal famous to the eastern tribe and riverine area of Nigeria.
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