Some people say, no onion or tomato, but add mint and basil:

pepper soup

Ingredients
3 pounds stewing beef (optionally, goat meat or fish)
1 medium onion, chopped or ground in blender
1 teaspoon dried red pepper, crushed or ground
fresh red tomatoes, chopped or ground in blender (optionally, one 6 oz can tomato paste)
1 teaspoon of herbs/ any type
2 Maggi cubes (optional)
1 teaspoon thyme leaves (optional)
1 cup water

Equipment
stewing pot
mortar and pestle, food processor, or blender
knife
spatula or spoon
cutting board

Preparation

Cut up beef (or goat meat) in small pieces and place in stewing pot
Combine with water, salt, and onion
Boil until meat is tender
Drain
Remove meat from pot and save water in a bowl

Add meat and ground tomatoes or dilute tomato paste with water and add to meat
Add the remaining ingredients one by one, stirring each as added
Simmer for ten minutes and serve with rice or yam .

Here is another:

~Nigerian Spiced Goat Meat Pepper Soup Recipe~

Ingredients

• 1kg goat meat or mutton (cut with the bone)
• 1l water or stock
• 1 onion, chopped
• 75g Pepper Soup Spices
• 50g ground hot chillies
• 50g ground, dried, crayfish (or prawns)
• 25g chopped wild mint (substitute watermint or garden mint)
• 25g chopped utazi leaves (substitute dandelion leaves, for their bitterness [older leaves are better in this case])
• salt to taste1kg goat meat or mutton (cut with the bone)

Method