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Soup · The Gambia Recipe

Pepper Soup

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 fresh tomatoes or 16 oz tomato sauce and 6 oz tomato paste.
  • 1 or 2 bell peppers (Bell pepper is optional)
  • Meat, Chicken, Fish
  • 4 bouillon cubes
  • Palm oil if available, otherwise use vegetable oil
  • 2 onions
  • Salt
  • Dry pepper
  • Water

Directions

  1. Place the meat in a pot, add very little water (most meat produces water as it cooks), dice one onion in with the meat, add some salt, and cook the meat until it is almost tender.
  2. If you are using fresh ingredients, grind the tomatoes and the bell peppers together. You can grind in another onion in with them if you wish.
  3. Pour the blended tomato mixture (or the tomato sauce and tomato paste) into the pot with the meat.
  4. Allow to cook for about 20 to 30 minutes, stirring constantly.
  5. Add salt and dry pepper to taste.
  6. Serve pepper soup over white rice or pounded yams if you don't have access to exotic ingredients.