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RCI-MT.006.0229.001

Chicken with Egusi

This chicken soup is thickened with flour ground from seeds of a melon or gourd (species of cucurbit

Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings4
Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

  • – 3 tbsp palm oil
    peanut oil, or other oil for frying chicken
    2 unit
  • chicken cut into bite-sized pieces
    1 unit
  • – 3 onions
    chopped
    2 unit
  • or more cups of chicken broth or chicken stock
    or bouillon cubes
    2 unit
  • tomatoes
    or canned tomatoes, or tomato paste or tomato sauce
    2 unit
  • egusi seeds (or substitute)
    roasted and ground
    1 cup
  • several sprigs of parsley
    or similar
    1 unit
  • water
    1 unit
  • cayenne pepper or red pepper
    black pepper, salt
    1 unit

Method

1
Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)