Home made suya. Trust me when I say you need this homemade suya spice recipe in your life! Suya or soya is the quintessential West African street food that is made up of well-spiced grilled pieces of meat that are mostly placed on a skewer. In Nigeria, it is called suya, in Cameroon, it is called soya, in Ghana, it is called, "chinchinga".

I was intrigued when I found out the spice rub is made from ground peanuts and a blend of different seasonings. After lots of experimenting, I came up with my own version. —Elena Iorga, Helena, Montana Suya spice can be added to almost anything to give that dish a delicious twist. This Homemade Suya Spice is all Shades of delicious. You can have Home made suya using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Home made suya

It's 500 g of lean meat.
Prepare 3 tablespoons of grounded groundnut cake/kuli.
Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
Prepare 4 of Grounded scotch bonnet.
It's 1 teaspoon of complete spices(include ginger, garlic, black etc).
It's Slices of 1/2 onion 3 tomatoes 1 capsicum.

PLEASE Suya Spice is peanut based, therefore it's not suitable for people with peanut allergies. In as much as suya spice is the best spice mix on earth in my opinion, SAFETY FIRST people. We have mentioned before that our experience discovering the key ingredient in Nigeria's famed suya spice was none other than a serendipitous event. It only took adding a tablespoon of peanut butter to a stew with spicy biltong to give us that undeniably recognizable whiff of nutty spice;.

Home made suya instructions

First wash and cut the meat in wide strips, prepare the spices,salt, seasonings, pepper and kuli in a plate.
Add a little water to the kuli and spices to make a paste, now cover the meat with the paste evenly, transfer to a container, cover and keep in the fridge to marinate for some time.
Once marinated take it out and cover your baking tray with a foil paper arrange the meat on the foil and grill for 15_20 mins at 180°c.
Once done, serve in a plate and garnish with the slices of tomatoes, onion and pepper and enjoy!.

This is an overdue post on the blog, given the fact that I make and sell the best suya spice in the UK. One would think there would be a recipe to make with it. Mr and Mrs Mundane are back! One of my favorite memories of Nigeria was Suya. It was sold beside the road, a nigerian vendor with sticks of meat over a brazier.