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.
Course Soup, stew
Cuisine African
Keyword homemade, Nigerian pepper sauce
Prep Time 30minutes
Cook Time 10minutes
Servings 10people
Calories 342kcal
Author Lola Osinkolu
Ingredients
4Red Bell peppers
2Scotch bonnets(Habanero pepper)
3Tomatoeslarge
4clovesGarlic
1-inchGinger root
2tbspLocust Beans
2tbspCrayfish
2TbspRed chili flakes
1/2CupPalm Oil
2Tspstock powder
1/2TbspDried thyme
1/2cupBeef stock
1.5lbBeef and Tripeor any other meat of choice
5Boiled eggs
2OnionsBlend one with the peppers and tomatoes and dice the other one.
Salt to taste
Instructions
Blend the red peppers, Habanero peppers, Tomatoes, Onion, ginger, and garlic
Heat the palm oil on medium heat and stir in the onions. Leave to cook the onions for about 10 minutes or till slightly browned.
Stir in the blended sauce, cover, and leave to cook for about 15 to 20 minutes or till the sauce is reduced stirring occassionallyto avoid burning.
Add the crayfish, chili flakes, salt, bouillon powder, thyme, locust beans, beef stock, and the beef. Leave to simmer for another 5 minutes
Stir in the boiled eggs and leave to simmer for 2 to 3 more minutes
Serve over white rice, pasta, boiled yam, boiled potatoes, boiled plantains, and more.
Video
Notes
Using a food processor is advisable when blending the peppers. It helps to control the texture of the resulting pepper; it also helps to eliminate the use of water during blending. Most blenders, I know, cannot do this. However, if you don’t have have a food processor, feel free to use a blender.
I don’t bleach my palm oil. How I get my oil well heated up is by cooking the onions in the oil for an extended period of time. In that way, the oil is not only well heated up, but the onions also add their flavor to it.
Traditionally, a mixture of meat variety is used for making ata dindin; however, feel free to use any choice of meat or meat combinations you want: beef, goat meat, chicken, or fish.
This pepper sauce is quite spicy; if you have a low heat tolerance level, feel free to adjust the heat level to your taste.