Lovely Light Soup with Goat

Name: Lovely Light Soup with Goat (Apɔnkye Nkrakra)
Yield: Makes 6 to 8 servings
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Ingredients: 1 to 2 teaspoons salt or seasoning of your choice (many Ghanaians would likely use Adobo or other seasoned salt and Maggi or Royco seasoning cubes); 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 1 small jalapeno pepper (mild); or 1 small cayenne pepper (medium); or 1 habanero (hot); or 3 kpakpo shito peppers (hot); or ¼ to ½ teaspoon dried red pepper to begin (or to taste), optional; Fresh whole red chili pepper to taste (your choice, see chart; try using just a slice of a Scotch bonnet or 1 whole jalapeno if not used to cooking with chili peppers), trimmed and seeds removed if desired; or ⅛ teaspoon or more dried ground red pepper; ½ cup chopped onion; 1 pound goat meat with bones, cut into chunks; 2 or 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed; ½ to 1 teaspoon dried ground red pepper (or to taste); 1 heaping teaspoon grated fresh ginger; 2 small bay leaves, left whole; 1 large or 2 or 3 medium whole tomatoes; 1 onion, peeled and quartered; ½ teaspoon ground aniseed (sekoni) or other seasoning of your choice

Apɔnkye Nkrakra

Preparation info

Makes
6 to 8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ghana Cookbook

By Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Baëta

Published 2015

About

This recipe is adapted from a version served at Flair. This simple version is hard to beat. No added fats, either, it is the original “lite” soup. I enjoy it best with some Fufu (Ghana-Style Dumplings). Ahhhhhh! It should be called “Goat Light Soup for the Soul.”

Ingredients

1 pound goat meat with bones, cut into chunks
1 large or 2 or 3 medium whole tomatoes

Africa
Ghana
Stock
Gluten-free
Soup
Spicy

Method

Directions

Put the goat meat in a large soup pot and add all of the meat seasoning ingredients and ½ cup water. Stir well. Cover, bring to a boil, lower the heat and let the meat simmer while preparing the broth.
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