Nigerian Peppered Snail

Name: Nigerian Peppered Snail
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 500g cleaned snails; 4 habanero peppers, blended; 1 onion, chopped; 2 tomatoes, chopped

Peppered Snail/PEP-erd snayl/

About this dish

Giant African land snails simmered in a spicy pepper sauce, a delicacy in southern Nigeria.

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Ingredients

🐌500g cleaned snails

🌶️4 habanero peppers, blended

🧅1 onion, chopped

🍅2 tomatoes, chopped

Method

Serves 2

Clean the snails thoroughly with lime and salt to remove sliminess.

Boil the snails until tender.

Sauté onion and tomato, then add blended pepper.

Add the boiled snails and toss in the spicy sauce.

Serve hot as an appetizer or side.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Peppered snail is a well-known Nigerian delicacy, especially popular among the Igbo, valued for its chewy texture and bold pepper sauce.

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