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Nigerian Pepper Soup with Unripe Plantain

Name: Nigerian Pepper Soup with Unripe Plantain
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: nigerian-general
Ingredients: 300 g Goat meat or chicken; 1 medium Unripe plantain; 10 g Pepper soup spice; 5 g Scotch bonnet pepper; 40 g Onion; 1 pc Seasoning cubes; 600 ml Water

Warming pepper soup with firm unripe plantain — resistant starch from green plantain feeds gut bacteria.

Total Time

45 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

35 min

Servings

Cuisine

Nigerian General

280kcal

Calories

24g

Protein

24g

Carbs

10g

Fat

Fiber

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How to Make It

1
Boil meat with onion, seasoning, and water until tender.
2
Add pepper soup spice and scotch bonnet. Simmer 10 minutes.
3
Add unripe plantain slices. Cook until plantain is just tender, about 10 minutes.
4
Serve hot in bowls.
Tip: Unripe plantain is rich in resistant starch — a type of prebiotic fibre that feeds good bacteria.

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