Turkey Soup, A Nigerian Turkey Recipe

The use of Turkey in Nigerian delicacies is very common. In fact, it is so common that many people believe that Nigerian party food is incomplete without an assortment turkey-inspired dishes.

In the same vein, it is a popular practice to cook with turkey when preparing food during festive periods like Christmas and New year celebration.

Nigerian Turkey Soup

In Nigeria, soups are cooked by combining different ingredients, herbs and spices to achieve a watery or thick consistency.

On this blog, we have a specific category dedicated to showcasing different Nigerian soups. Check here to learn more about this.

Turkey soup is a staple soup in many Nigerian homes because it is highly versatile and can be paired with a lot of other foods to make a delicious and well balanced meal.

Listed below are some of the many foods that are enjoyed with this soup.

White rice and turkey soup with fried plantains
Eba with turkey soup and ewedu
Spaghetti and turkey soup
Semovita with soup
Bread and soup
Amala with ewedu
Boiled yam and soup
Lafun with okro and soup
Boiled potatoes and stew
Eko or Agidi and chicken stew.

To clarify, there are so many other delicious food combinations not listed above. So feel free to be adventurous with food.

Now I will proceed to list the ingredients needed for this soup.

Ingredients for turkey soup

10 tomatoes
3 onions
3 scotch bonnet peppers
2kg turkey – cooked and fried
4 bell peppers
2 cayenne peppers
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon salt
3 seasoning cubes/powder
2 cups turkey stock

The turkey used for this soup has already been cooked and fried. For easy access, you would find the comprehensive recipe with details on the step-by-step method on how to cook turkey here .

Please note that you can modify the quantity of the scotch bonnet peppers according to your preference for spicy foods.

To be able to properly modify the ratio of the tomatoes to peppers for a great result, I would suggest you read more about the use of peppers in Nigerian cuisine.

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How to cook turkey soup

Peel off the skin of onions
Put the tomatoes, bell peppers, scotch bonnet peppers, peeled onions and cayenne pepper in a big bowl.
Fill the bowl with water and clean well.
Blend all the tomatoes, onions and pepper to a smooth paste.
Place your pot on the cooker set on high heat
Add cooking oil into the pot and allow the oil get hot.
Then pour the blended tomatoes and pepper mix into a pot
Add the turkey stock gotten from cooking the turkey as outlined here.
Enhance the taste of the soup by seasoning with the quantity of salt and seasoning cube listed above.
Cook for 20 – 25 minutes
After 25 minutes add the boiled or fried turkey
Stir well then cover the pot and cook for 10 minutes on medium heat.
Turkey soup is ready to be enjoyed.

Protein options for Nigerian soups

Perhaps you don’t like to eat turkey you may substitute it for any of the animal proteins stated below.

Here is the list of the different types of animal proteins used for cooking Nigerian soups.

Chicken
Fresh fish – such as fresh catfish, tilapia fish, croaker fish, hake fish, snapper fish, mackerel (titus), horse mackerel (kote)
Dried fish – examples of dried fish includes; dried catfish, roasted mackerel, panla (roasted hake fish)
Beef
Snail
Goat meat

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