Brief About Tilapia Soup
Tilapia soup is a soup that is usually enjoyed when hot and spicy. It is mostly paired with fufu for lunch, but can be taken with a few other foods as well. If you are looking forward to making a tasty and mouth-watering tilapia soup for lunch one day, then join me as we look at how to prepare it below.
Ingredients for tilapia soup
- 3 tilapia
- 3 scotch bonnet pepper
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 garlic clove (crushed)
- 3 tomatoes
- 1 garden egg
- 2 tablespoons of ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
- Salt (to taste)
- 1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
What Tilapia Soup Can Be Served With
Tilapia soup can be served with fufu, boiled yam or plain rice.
Special Utensils Used
- Blender
- Sieve or mesh strainer.
Steps to prepare tilapia soup
- Wash tilapia and remove fins and scales and cut into smaller pieces as desired.
- Steam the tilapia and spice it with ginger, garlic, ½ onion, salt and cayenne pepper. Add a little water and let it steam for about ten minutes.
- Get another saucepan and put in your ½ chopped onion, tomatoes, garden egg, tomato paste and scotch bonnet pepper. Add a little salt and a little water and put on fire for about ten minutes.
- Blend the tomatoes, garden egg and pepper and sieve into the saucepan on fire. Add some more water and let it be on fire for a while.
- Now add your steamed tilapia and its broth or stock to the soup and let it simmer for some more time.
- Remove from fire when ready and serve.
You can add some meat when preparing the tilapia soup if you want.
TILAPIA SOUP RECIPE
Tilapia soup is a soup that is usually enjoyed when hot and spicy. It ismostly paired with fufu for lunch, but can be taken with a few other foods aswell.
Equipment
- blender
- Sieve or mesh strainer.
Ingredients
- 3 tilapia
- 3 scotch bonnet pepper
- onion (chopped)
- garlic clove (crushed)
- tomatoes
- garden egg
- ground ginger
- tomato paste
- Salt (to taste)
- cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Wash tilapia and remove fins and scales and cut into smaller pieces asdesired.
- Steam the tilapia and spice it with ginger, garlic, ½ onion, salt and cayenne pepper. Add alittle water and let it steam for about ten minutes.
- Get another saucepan and put in your ½ chopped onion,tomatoes, garden egg, tomato paste and scotch bonnet pepper. Add a little saltand a little water and put on fire for about ten minutes.
- Blend the tomatoes, garden egg and pepper and sieveinto the saucepan on fire. Add some more water and let it be on fire for awhile.
- Now add your steamed tilapia and its broth or stock to the soup and letit simmer for some more time.
- Remove from fire when ready and serve.
Video
Notes
You can add some meat when preparing the tilapia soup if you want.
Nutrition
Calories: 120kcal
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