How To Cook Nigerian Snail Stew

Snail stew in Nigerian is a favourite especially during the raining season. The reason is because, snails are easy to get whenever it rains.

Writing this reminds me of my childhood when we would wake up early in the morning to go out in search for snails whenever it rained overnight.

When it rains, snails come out of their hiding places, they move around in the damp area where plants are common, searching for water and food.

Also, they are cheaper in the market because they are in season.

Without wasting much of your time, I will dive right into how to prepare African snail stew by first listing the ingredients needed for this stew recipe.

Nigerian Snail Stew Ingredients

Snails
6 tomatoes
2 red bell peppers
2 onions
3 scotch bonnet peppers
1 cup cooking oil
1 roasted mackerel fish
3 cow skin – ponmo
2 flat stock cubes
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon curry powder
1/2 tablespoon dried thyme

Please note that you can use any quantity of snails that you have.

Also, you can reduce the ingredients to match the quantity of snails available.

To turn all the ingredients to stew is easy, all you have to do is trust the process outlined below.

How To Make Nigerian Stew With Snail

Remove and clean the meat from the snail shell by following the steps here .
Pour the snail meat into a pot, add 2 cups of water, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 stock cube and sliced onions.
Cook for 15 minutes on high heat.
While the snail is cooking, blend the tomatoes, peppers and remaining onions all together and set aside.
Remove the bones in the roasted mackerel – here is how to make roasted mackerel at home from scratch.
Fry the cooked snail meat in hot oil for 3 minutes.
Then scoop the fried snail meat into a separate bowl.
Pour some of the oil used for the frying into a pot
Add the blended tomatoes and peppers
Season with salt, stock cube, curry and dried thyme.
Mix well to combine
Cover the pot and cook for 15 minutes on high heat
After 15 minutes stir well so that the stew doesn’t burn
Add the mackerel fish and the fried snail meat.
Mix well, cook for 10 minutes on high heat.
Don’t forget to taste the stew to make sure it matches your preference.