Soups and Stews

Chicken and Rice Soup with vegetables, herbs, and spices are simmered together for pure comfort. This is a classic that you will return to again and again.

Chicken Fricassee is the quintessential French one-pot dish made with browned chicken slowly simmered with aromatics, vegetables, and silky cream sauce.

Nigerian Beef Stew: A classic rich aromatic tomato Nigerian stew. It is delicious, nutritious, and easy to make. All you need is a big pot and about an hour of your time.

Homemade Chili – If you are looking for comfort in a bowl this winter, look no further than this homemade chili recipe. This super comforting dish is delicious and packed with hearty flavors. Make sure you add this easy recipe to your repertoire—you’ll be so glad you did!

Jamaican oxtail is a favorite to make. The dish is full of hearty flavors and sits in a long braise resulting in meat that easily falls off the bone. 

Gomen Wat is a mainstay in any Ethiopian kitchen. It is hearty yet light and goes with just about everything as a side dish! If you’re looking for a way to spice up your greens, this is one recipe you’ll want to add to your repertoire.

Doro wat is an incredibly fragrant, spicy, flavorful, rich slow-cooked Ethiopian chicken stew mostly eaten for special occasions and family gatherings.

West African pepper sauce is a hot and spicy sauce made with habaneros, tomatoes, ginger, and strong onion and garlic notes. This African condiment is so addictive, and you will be happy to join the ranks of your must-have condiments!

Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo recipe – If you are looking for a Hearty and delicious pot of gumbo, filled with shrimps, crab, chicken, sausage, vegetables, and Cajun spices. This is it!

Smothered Chicken and Gravy— Tender, juicy chicken covered in a delicious creamy gravy. If you need a delicious chicken recipe with a southern flare, this is just what you are looking for.

Enjoy the flavors of West Africa with this Senegalese Poulet Yassa made from Chicken pieces, marinated overnight with lots of onions, some mustard, and a bit of lemon juice. This dish is so easy to make, smells great, looks beautiful, and tastes delicious. If you are in the mood for an exotic dish try this one!

Banga soup is one of the best nourishing soups you can make with palm nut. All it takes is an assortment of spice flavorings, an assortment of meat and fish, and finishing it off with a touch of beletete to elevate this soup. It’s an easy recipe that delivers terrific results!.

Like Peanut Butter? You’re going to love this peanut butter soup recipe. This soup is not only easy to make but incredibly delicious! Your family and friends will be proud of you.

Okro pepper soup is a simple, spicy, delicious African soup made with a unique combination of ingredients. Its origin is from the Southern part of Nigeria where it’s commonly referred to as Igbagba Ofofo or Gbagbafo by the natives. 

Nigerian Pepper Sauce popularly known as Ata dindin, is a hearty stew that warms you from your head to your toes — made with bell peppers, Tomatoes, Onion, ginger, habaneros, chili flakes, garlic, and ginger. It’s fiery red, bold, and spicy. 

Chicken pepper soup – Sometimes, a comforting bowl of soup is all you need. This easy to put together chicken pepper soup is loaded with spicy, bold, and hearty flavors. It’s so easy to make and you can hardly go wrong putting this together.

Okro soup is a very popular and delicious stew that is loved by the majority of the people, in West Africa, especially if cooked well.

Ogbono soup is a delectable Nigerian concoction soup and it’s super easy to prepare. It’s a thick and hearty stew made with Ogbono seeds (wild mango seeds) loaded with meats and fish simmered in a light delicious broth.

Catfish Stew – A Fish stew made with Fresh Catfish cooked in a stew with bell peppers, onions, garlic, tomato, and broth. This is an elegantly simple stew. It’s hearty, full of flavor and absolutely delicious! Okay, this catfish is a stew of my childhood. It was one of my favorites and still is today.  Growing up, …

This Braised Tofu recipe is big on taste, and the beautiful blend of spices in the marinade perfectly complements the fried Tofu and vegetables. Plus it’s a very fast, easy and nutritious meal.

Bell Peppers, Tomatoes And Eggplant stew – A lovely and refreshing choice for a family meal. This vibrantly colored, robustly flavored Eggplant stew is loaded with Onions, Red bell peppers, Yellow bell peppers, Green bell peppers, and Scallions.

Super easy, rich flavor, one-pot Chicken Stir-fry with Spinach. This is a foolproof recipe that provides a good alternative to basic greens. It’s super healthy, light and simple.

This hearty Salmon stew is a full-flavored stew. It’s a warm, hearty, spicy, savory, delicious dish that pretty much everyone loves. You will enjoy this boldly flavored fish stew, and you will be pleased to add this to your repertoire.

Efo Riro – The African Stewed Spinach also popularly known as Efo riro is a one-pot stew with layers of flavor. It requires quite a number of ingredients but little work from the cook putting it all together (as long as you already have all your ingredients prepped).

The shrimp stir fry is delicious and incredibly easy to make. Shrimp, Red bell peppers, Yellow bell peppers, green beans, and scallions sautéed to perfection. Stir fry recipes do not take a long time to fix, they are versatile and also tasty.

West African Peanut soup: This soup is a staple in most African cuisine as well as some other cultures like Taiwan in East Asia and Virginia in the states.  It is warm, nourishing, and full of flavors. It is also very versatile which makes it perfect for any season of the year.

The Curry Fish Sauce is a very rich and delicious delicacy it has a very bold flavor which is as a result of the combination of the curry powder and the coconut milk and it comes together in about 30 minutes or even less and you know, sometimes, it’s the simplest meals that end up …

Turkey Stew – Who doesn’t like the sound of that! This Turkey stew is a classic affair. It is deeply flavored and inexpensive to make.

Egusi is a traditional one-pot soup that combines blended melon seed, pepper, leafy vegetables, and meat. It is nutty, spicy, and tasty.

African pepper soup is a hearty African soup made with Goat meat cutlets or chunks, pepper soup spice, and other beautiful condiments.  If you are looking for an authentic Goat meat pepper soup, this soup certainly delivers the big, bold African flavors you will love.

Chicken Curry or Curry Chicken as some will like to call it is a fragrant, delicious dish from South Asia, Southeast Asia, as well as in the Caribbean but this Chicken dish has found its way across the hearts of so many people beyond these boundaries. This recipe is usually served with white Rice or …

This hearty ewa aganyin and it’s sauce is perfect for those who truly enjoy flavorful spicy foods. Made with chilis (Cameroun peppers) and dried red bell peppers (tatashe) with lots of Onions!

This is a very simple Chicken and Vegetable stir fry recipe. It’s healthy, tasty, and easy to put together and most of all, it’s a great way to make you and your family enjoy the benefits of Vegetables with less Meat.  The Chicken and Vegetable Stir-fry is very customizable, you can choose your own variety …

Fried sauce with African Meatballs – Rather than the everyday Meatball and Sauce why not try this delicious combination of Meatballs in African-inspired Fried sauce. You will love it!

Ayamase stew which is also known as Ofada stew or the Nigerian designer stew is one of the numerous stew types we eat in Nigeria. This stew uses a combination of Green colored peppers together with onions and it’s spiced using indigenous ingredients such as the locust bean and this gives it a distinct delicious …

Egusi Ijebu is a type of Egusi soup recipe which originates from the Ijebu ode which is in the southwestern part of Nigeria in Ogun state. This soup is actually one of a kind. Unlike the popular Egusi soup, Egusi Ijebu is usually made with no spinach or leafy greens. Let’s talk a little about Egusi melon …

Egusi Stew – I like to give a summary of what Egusi is before I proceed with the recipe for the sake of our friends that are not familiar with it. Egusi belongs to the Gourd family. It looks everything like Watermelon on the outside but the inside is quite different. Unlike Watermelon, Egusi melon …

How to make a starter sauce (Ata lilo) – The starter sauce is a name I coined to for ‘Ata lilo’ which literally means blended pepper. Ata means pepper and Lilo means blended or ground. In my tribe,  ”Ata” is a general term used for both peppers only and also, a combination of peppers with …