Nigerian suya

  • Low in lactose

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Less suited as a snack.

Thin beef slices on skewers coated in yaji spice of cayenne, ginger and ground roasted peanuts (a home substitute for defatted kuli-kuli), grilled and served with raw onion and tomatoes; 4 portions of 2 skewers.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,181 g

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Ingredients

  • 800 gBeef, round, top round steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, raw
  • 120 gPeanuts, all types, dry-roasted, without salt
  • 8 gSpices, pepper, red or cayenne
  • 6 gSpices, paprika
  • 4 gSpices, ginger, ground
  • 3 gSpices, garlic powder
  • 3 gSpices, onion powder
  • 4 gSoup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry
  • 3 gSalt, table
  • 30 gOil, vegetable, soybean, refined
  • 200 gOnions, raw
  • 200 gTomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average

Method

  1. Slice the beef against the grain into strips 5 mm thick and about 3 cm wide.
  2. Grind the peanuts dry into a fine powder (not a paste) and mix with cayenne, paprika, ground ginger, garlic and onion powder, crumbled bouillon and salt.
  3. Brush the meat with 20 g oil, coat in two thirds of the yaji spice and thread onto 8 skewers.
  4. Let the skewers rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  5. Grill the skewers on a hot grill or under the oven grill at 230 °C for 4 minutes per side. Brush with the remaining 10 g oil and sprinkle with the remaining third of the spice.
  6. Slice the onion into thin rings and the tomatoes into slices; serve raw with 2 skewers per portion.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,164.2 kcal
Protein
224.7 g
Fat
119.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
67.9 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
21.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
24.9 g
Sodium
2,586.5 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
6.5 g

Per serving

Energy from macronutrients
Protein: 56.2 g, 40%Fat: 30 g, 48%Total carbohydrate (by difference): 17 g, 12%541.1 kcalper serving
  • Protein56.2 g40%
  • Fat30 g48%
  • Total carbohydrate (by difference)17 g12%

Share of energy from protein, fat and carbohydrate (4 / 9 / 4 kcal per g), not share by weight.

Energy
541.1 kcal
Protein
56.2 g
Fat
30 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
17 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
5.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
6.2 g
Sodium
646.6 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.6 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
183.3 kcal
Protein
19 g
Fat
10.1 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
5.7 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
1.8 g
Saturated fatty acids
2.1 g
Sodium
219 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.55 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • Some ingredient quantities use documented estimates or household-measure assumptions.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Some ingredients use a generic food profile; exact product composition may differ.
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Peanuts, Celery

May contain: Gluten, Egg, Soy, Milk, Mustard

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal