Freshly made made vegetable soup
OK I've bin inspired to talk about Nigerian recipes and actually I've gotten the idea to talk about the popular food vegetable soup
It's such a nice food to eat in Nigeria and I would love to teach someone how to make it
Ingredients required
2 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion (1 medium)
2 cups peeled and chopped carrots (about 4)
1 1/4 cups chopped celery (about 3)
4 cloves garlic , minced
4 (14.5 oz) cans low-sodium chicken broth or
vegetable broth
2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes (undrained)
3 cups peeled and 1/2-inch thick diced potatoes (from about 3 medium)
1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 bay leaves
1/2 tsp dried thyme
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups chopped frozen or fresh green beans
1 1/4 cups frozen or fresh corn
1 cup frozen or fresh peas
Procedure
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add onions, carrots, and celery and saute 4 minutes then add garlic and saute 30 seconds longer.
- Add in broth tomatoes, potatoes, parsley, bay leaves, thyme and season with salt and pepper to taste (for more flavor add in more dried herbs as desired).
- Bring to a boil, then add green beans.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 - 30 minutes, then add corn and peas and cook 5 minutes longer.
- Serve warm or hot
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There are other dishes to teach. Especially the freshly Nigerian made afang,melon,fisherman soup.,ekpankukwo. Etc. More to come .just like and comment and also repost