How To Fry Pepper Stew -Authentic Nigerian Fried Pepper Stew

I was planning to cook a proper Nigerian stew then I realised that the fish , beef and chicken were still frozen as I had forgotten to defrost them.

Then I remembered this delicious fried pepper stew that combines well with different foods. So, I decided to make this fried pepper stew the street food way.

It tasted so delicious and I want to share with you, this authentic Nigerian fired pepper stew you would ever try.

Just like the one sold on the street with fried yam or fried potato, this is a step-by-step recipe on how to make fried pepper stew the street food way.

Without wasting much of your time, let’s get started with the list of ingredients needed.

Ingredients for fried pepper stew.

1 bell pepper
5 tomatoes
2 onions
1 tbsp dried thyme
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 red long pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 stock cube
1 scotch bonnet pepper (optional)

As stated above, scotch bonnet pepper is optional, also one (1) bell pepper can be replaced with half half bell pepper.

Here is how to use the ingredients listed above to make Nigerian fried pepper,

How to fry pepper stew

Peel off the skin of one of the onions, slice it and set it aside.
Clean the tomatoes, peppers and the remain one onion.
Make pepper mix by blending the onion, peppers and tomatoes to a rough texture.
Heat up 1/4 cup of cooking oil for 1-2 minutes
Improve the flavour of the cooking oil by frying the sliced onions for 2 minutes on medium heat
Add 1 tbsp dried thyme
Stir well and fry for 2 minutes
Pour the pepper mix into the hot oil
Season well by adding1 stock cube and 1/2 tsp salt for taste.
Mix well
Cover the pot or frying pan
Cook for 10-15 minutes on high heat.
Open the lid of the pot
Stir well
Allow to fry for extra 5 minutes on medium heat with the pot open.