Chicken Egusi Soup

Amaka Udekwe
Amaka Udekwe @cook_7249796
Nigeria

Once in a while I like to make my egusi soup with Chicken just for the kick of it.

Chicken Egusi Soup

Once in a while I like to make my egusi soup with Chicken just for the kick of it.

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Ingredients

45mins
8 servings
  1. 200 gEgusi seed,
  2. 1/2 kgchicken,
  3. 4fresh pepper
  4. 3 Tbspground dried crayfish,
  5. 1small bunch of Ugwu leaves,
  6. 2cksp palm oil,
  7. 2Knorr Cubes,
  8. 1small onions,
  9. 3large fresh tomatoes,
  10. to tastesalt

Cooking Instructions

45mins
  1. 1

    Cut chicken into small cubes, season with 1/2 onion and one Knorr Cube. Add a little water and boil for about 10 minutes or until tender. Set aside

  2. 2

    Mix the ground egusi in half a cup of water and; blend tomatoes, pepper, and the remaining onion and set aside.

  3. 3

    Heat the palm oil in another pot; pour tomatoes paste into the hot oil, stir for about 5mins and add the Egusi mixture. Stir well and allow it to fry for a moment. Add the crayfish, and the remaining stock cube, stir well

  4. 4

    Add little water and allow to cook for five minutes. Add the boiled chicken and stir. Turn the heat down and simmer for a further two minutes.

  5. 5

    Wash and finely slice the Ugwu leaves. Add to the soup and stir. Continue to simmer for a further five minutes to allow the vegetables to soften. Serve with fufu or eba.

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