Fishermen soup is a whole lots of delicacy meal, originated from river state In the South South. But has now spreading all over Nigeria, spread like germs to all part of the country, hardly any 5star hotel or restaurant u visit today in nigeria without finding this soup on their africana dish menu list


The first step is to purchase on your ingredients and proteins which u will be needing for the soup

The proteins are:
1. Snails
2. Calamari
3. Shrimps
4. Prawns
5. Crabs
6. Peri wrinkles
7. Catfish, croacker fish , red snapper, barracuda
or any fish of your choice


The ingredients are :
1. Cocoyam or achi
2. Palm oil
3. Uziza leave
4. Uziza seeds
5. Crayfish
6. Onions
7 yellow scotch bonnet pepper
8. Red scotch bonnet pepper
9. Seasonal cubes
10. Onions
11. Salts


Procedures :_

Step 1.
Prepare on your proteins by washing and cutting them, season them, parboiled and set aside, also keep the stock water because you'll need the stock water for the cooking

Wash , cook , peeled and blend your cocoyam into paste then set aside

Blend your Pepper , crayfish, onions , uziza seeds respectively and set aside

Wash and cut your uziza leaves then set aside

Step 2.
In a pot heat up your palm oil, then add your pepper blend and let them simmer for a while, then add your stock water, add more water if the stock water seems small, let then cook for a while,

Then add your cocoyam which has been blended into paste, turn them together properly on the pot so the cocoyam paste wouldn't form lumps

Add your blended crayfish , blended uziza seeds, blended crayfish, blended onions to the soup and mix together, add your seasonal cubes and salt to taste
Then add all your proteins which has been formally boiled to the soup and let the soup cook for a while till well cooked.

Severd with eba, wheat, semo pounded yam or any of your choice

Heard so much about this Fisherman soup but never tried it out. It really looks so good. Thanks for the recipe.