Egusi soup with chicken. Nigerian EGUSI soup is one soup everybody in Nigeria loves and this recipe of EGUSI soup is a winner, any day and anytime. Egusi soup, also called melon soup (because the Egusi seeds come from a melon of the same name! It is arguably the most popular Nigerian soup, especially in the Southern part of that country.

A soup that is hearty and oozing with earthy flavors! Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds. Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. You can have Egusi soup with chicken using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Egusi soup with chicken

You need of Egusi.
It's of Chicken.
It's of Bitterleaves.
It's of Salt.
You need of Royco seasoning.
It's of Pounded yam.
Prepare of Achi.
You need of Pepper.
Prepare of Crayfish.
It's of Palmoil.

If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. I cut the on-line recipe in half and it worked just as well. I also used chicken stock in lieu of water. Egusi Soup (Caking Method): I also call this one the Egusi Before Oil method.

Egusi soup with chicken step by step

Season and boil the chicken.rewash the bitterleaf to reduce the bitterness..
Add more water to the boiled chicken,bring it to boil and the egusi and stir cook very well stir in achi and stir in very well and dissolve lumps..
After 10minutes,put in crayfish,royco seasoning,salt,pepper, still keep boiling it and rinse in the bitterleaves..
Serve with pounded yam.

No frying is involved, making is a healthier way to prepare Egusi Soup. If you use chicken, please do not use dry fish and stockfish because those two cannot co-exist with chicken in the same Nigerian pot. 😉. Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different recipes exist across different Nigerian ethnic groups. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with.