I love peppered snails!!! Love, love love! When I told Semilore’s mom that I made this on Sunday and did not eat it, instead I carried myself to that once chance buffet in V.I she almost slapped me. LOL. Tweet
I love snails but I don’t like eating the ones I did not prepare myself because I feel sometimes they are not cleaned properly. This one I cleaned myself and I chop am lick mouth very well! Let me not bore you with talk, we’ll go straight to the recipe! Ps. I even filmed it for you, see how thoughtful I am? Scroll down to watch the video and don’t forget to subscribe to my Youtube channel HERE
INGREDIENTS
SALT
ONION
SNAIL
CURRY
THYME
TOMATOES
PLANTAIN
VEGETABLE OIL
BOUILION CUBE
GREEN PEPPER
RECIPE
- Peel and boil plantain, I like to use half ripe plantain and I do not add salt because too much salt is not god for your health!!! *sometimes I peel and boil other times I boil in its skin.
- Wash snails with lime/lemon and water. I like to buy already washed snails and I re wash. Ain’t nobody got time to crack and wash snail from start.
- Place washed snails in boiling water, add salt, bouillon cube and onion, cook for about 25 minutes.
- Blend tomatoes, pepper and onion, roughly I usually use a lot of pepper because I need it to be hot: I need my nose to run, that is the enjoyment.
- Pour tomato mixture in a pot and boil till the water dries up. I like to do this because it means my tomato is quite cooked before i fry.
- Heat up a pan/pot, add vegetable oil
- When the oil is hot, add the chopped onion and fry for a bit, add the green pepper, everywhere will just be scenting. At this stage I like to add curry and bouillon cube again, kill your neighbours with the aroma of your food!
- Add boiled tomato mixture and fry for about 5 minutes, then add the boiled snail
- Reduce the heat of your cooker and allow it to stew slowly. Na this type dey sweet pass.
- After about 5-10 minutes it should be ready to eat.
- Serve with rice/boiled yam/ fried yam/ boiled plantain!
