Soup
Liberian Palm Butter Soup

Liberian Palm Butter Soup

Liberia

100Minutes
HardLevel
6Serves
9Steps
About

A rich, deep-red Liberian soup built on fresh palm-nut cream simmered with meat, fish and seafood, a centrepiece of Grebo and coastal cooking.

Equipment
  • Large pot
  • Sieve
  • Bowl
  • Wooden spoon
Ingredients
Palm nuts (or tinned palm cream)700 g
Beef or chicken500 g
Smoked or dried fish250 g
Shrimp or crab250 g
Onion1
Scotch bonnet2
Garlic3 cloves
Ground crayfish3 tbsp
Bitterball or aubergine (optional)4
Stock cube2
Saltto taste

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