Cow meat pepper soup is a spicy and savoury pepper soup prepared here in Nigeria; you can find this pepper soup in most restaurants and food joints. Cow meat pepper is also known as beef pepper soup, it is mostly enjoyed as appetizer and it can be paired with boiled rice, yam and agidi.

Different spices and herbs are usually added to make this healthy and spicy pepper soup, some of the key ingredients in this pepper soup are Uda (Negro pepper), alligator pepper, ginger, garlic, ehuru( calabash nutmeg) among other spices. These spices add to this pepper soup a unique taste and attractive colour, hence scent leaf (basil) is also added to this pepper soup for aromatic flavour. Both dried and fresh scent leaves can be used to make this cow meat pepper soup. However, you can replace the scent leaf with uziza leaf.

See how to make this spicy cow meat pepper soup.