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Tilapia Fish Pepper Soup


Ingredients

Tilapia Fish, 500g

Lemon, halved

1 Large Onion bulb

1 tbsp Pepper soup spice

Chilli pepper to taste or mashed scotch-bonnet peppers

2 bouillon cubes (Knorr)

Basil/Scent leaves, 150g

Cooking Instructions

Wash and chop the onions into tiny pieces.

Cut your fish into thick reasonable slices, wash removing all the blood stains. Then, soak into water containing 1tbsp salt and the halved lemon and stir (the amount of salt to be put in the soup will be less). Drain after 20 minutes.

Place the fish in a pot of water, add the knorr cubes and leave to boil        

Once it starts boiling, add the pepper soup spice, the blended onions, mashed peppers and/or scent leaves and leave to boil.

Add some salt to taste and leave to cook for another 5 minutes ·        

Your pepper soup is ready to be served. Serve with white rice, boiled yam or potatoes

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