Nigerian Catfish Pepper Soup recipe (popularly known as Point & Kill) is that Nigerian pepper soup that is usually eaten in exclusive Nigerian bars and restaurants.
Even if you can get Nigerian Pepper Soup in any road side restaurant,
you’ll need to dig deep to find restaurants where you can have the correct
Point & Kill.
So why is it called Point & Kill? LOL Usually when a group of guests arrive
at these exclusive bars and order Catfish Pepper Soup, at least one of the group
will need to go to a big bowl where some live catfish are swimming around and
point out a catfish. The catfish will then be killed in the guest’s presence
and taken away for preparation. So you see; you point and it is killed for you!
lol
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Ingredients for Catfish Pepper Soup recipe
- 500g Cat Fish
- 4 Ehu or Ariwo or Calabash Nutmeg seeds
- Habanero Pepper or chilli pepper (to taste)
- A few scent leaves
- 2 medium onions
- Salt (to taste)
- 2 big stock cubes
Alternative Ingredients for Catfish Pepper Soup recipe
- Conger Eel (Congrio in Spanish) is a good alternative to catfish. When buying the Conger Eel, ensure you buy the part towards the tail so that the fish cuts will not have big holes in them.
- Parsley is a good alternative to scent leaves.
For grinding the ehu seeds, you will need:
- A spice/coffer grinder: Buy it in USA | in UK
Before you cook the Nigerian Catfish Pepper Soup recipe
- To prepare Cat Fish Pepper Soup, wash and cut the cat fish into 1-inch thick slices. Boil some hot water and pour on the pieces of fish, stir and remove immediately. This toughens the skin of the fish so that it does not fall apart during cooking.
- Now it is time to prepare the ‘secret’ ingredient. Using an old frying pan, roast the Ehu seeds (stirring constantly) till you can smell it. Don’t worry you will know when it is OK to take it off because it has a distinctive aroma. Another way to know that it is OK is to take one of the seeds and try to remove the outer membrane. If the membrane comes off easily, then the Ehu is done.
- Peel off the membrane from all the Ehu seeds and grind with a dry mill.
- Cut the onions into tiny pieces.
- Wash and pick the scent leaves and tear them up with your fingers into small pieces.
Cooking Directions for
the Nigerian Catfish Pepper Soup recipe
- Place the pieces of fish in a pot and pour water to just cover the fish, add the stock cubes and bring to the boil.
- Once it starts to boil add the ground ehu, onions, habanero pepper and scent leaves and continue cooking.
- Once the catfish is done, add salt to taste and leave to simmer for about 5 minutes and it’s ready!
Catfish Pepper Soup should always be served hot. It can be eaten alone with a chilled drink. I love to eat it with Agidi, Boiled White Rice or Boiled Yam.
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