🇱🇷 How To Make Africa’s Best Pepper Soup-Liberian Most Delicious Soup

scotch bonnet peppers

🥗Healthier: habanero peppers

💰Cheaper: jalapeños

Habaneros maintain heat with slightly fewer calories.

meat

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and often less expensive.

bay leaves

🥗Healthier: dried thyme

💰Cheaper: oregano

Thyme adds flavor without the cost of bay leaves.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil offers health benefits while canola is budget-friendly.

Start by preparing various types of seafood including crabs, shrimp, and fish.

Add oxtail, cow foot, and pig feet to the pot.

Add dry snail, dried fish, and cow skin to the pot.

Include smoked crawfish and smoked chicken.

Add norwegian stock fish that has been soaked in boiling water.

Add three habanero peppers and additional seasonings to taste.

Fill the pot with water but not to the top to allow for boiling.

Bring to a boil over high heat and cook for 2 to 3 hours, checking periodically.

After about an hour, add more water if needed and include the pig feet and stock fish.

Add the remaining onions and more habanero peppers to the pot.

After another hour, add the seafood (crabs, dry fish, dry shrimp) and more seasonings including five maggi cubes and black pepper.

Stir the pot and taste for seasoning, adjusting as necessary.

Add a small can of tomato paste and stir again.

Lower the heat to medium and cover the pot, cooking for another hour while monitoring.

After 30 minutes, remove excess oil from the surface if desired and check for tenderness of the meat.

Serve hot with fufu, gumboy, or rice.

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