Cherokee Pepperpot Soup Recipes

AUTHENTIC PEPPER POT SOUP

Steps:

• Place the tripe or other meat that you have selected to use in a saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil, and turn off the heat. Allow the meat to cool a bit in the water, and then drain and rinse. Cut into 1/4 inch pieces.
• In a large heavy kettle, saute the bacon until clear. Add the onion, celery, leeks, parsley, and green peppers; saute until tender.
• Stir in beef stock, thyme, marjoram, cloves, red pepper flakes, bay leaf, and black pepper. Bring the kettle to a boil, and turn down to a simmer. Cook, covered, until meat is very tender, about 2 hours.
• Add the diced potato and carrots, and cook for an additional 20 minutes.
• Prepare the roux by stirring the flour into the melted butter or margarine, and cooking for a moment on the stove. When the soup is done to your liking, stir in the roux. Simmer, stirring all the while, until the soup thickens a bit. Correct the seasonings.

CHEROKEE PEPPERPOT SOUP

Steps:

• Put meat in a large soup kettle and cover with water until it is about 1 inch higher than the meat.
• Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
• Remove meat, let cool.
• Discard bones, returning meat to pot.
• Put in all vegetables, cover and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

CHEESE PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Combine carrots, celery and green onions in water; cook until tender. Set aside. Saute onion in butter until limp; stir in the flour and blend well. Do not brown. Combine milk and broth; bring to a boil. Whisk in onion mixture. Add cheese dip, cayenne, salt and pepper, and mustard. Slowly stir in vegetables and water they were cooked in. Bring just to a boil; serve immediately.

PEPPER POT SOUP II

Steps:

• Add cubed steak, red wine, and water to a large soup pot. Simmer, covered, over medium low heat for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water for 5 minutes. The pasta should be only partially cooked. Drain.
• Add pasta, tomatoes, onion, and sugar to meat. Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Stir beans, succotash, and green pepper into soup. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer over low heat until soup is hot and vegetables are tender.

CHEROKEE PEPPER POT

Steps:

• Note: use short ribs or shanks.
• Put the first three ingredients in heavy soup kettle. Cover and bring to boil over high heat then reduce heat to low and simmer 3 hours.
• Remove meat, let cool and discard bones.
• Return the meat to the pot. Stir in remaining vegetables then simmer for 1 1/2 hours partially covered. Season to taste.