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Cow Skin

Cow Skin is a traditional West African recipe for a means of preparing and softening cow skin before addition as a flavouring and a bulking-out ingredient to traditional stews. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic West African version of: Cow Skin.

prep time

15 minutes

cook time

150 minutes

Total Time:

165 minutes

Serves:

6

Rating:

Tags : Beef RecipesWest-africa Recipes

Cow skin is an essential ingredient of many West African 'soups' (stews). If you do not wish to use this you can omit from the recipes but it's actually quite tasty and adds its own flavour to the soup. However, cow skin requires considerable preparation. The same method can be used to prepare tripe as well. You can mix the tripe and skin (as here) or cook them separately.

Ingredients:

5 x 6x6cm squares of cow skin
300g tripe
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda

Method:

Add 1.5l of water to a large stock pot and bring to the boil. Add the salt and the bicarbonate of soda, mix-in well then add the cow skin and tripe. Boil for 2.5 hours until the skin begins to soften. Remove the flesh and tripe from the water, place in a bowl and season with black pepper.

Allow to cool completely then place in the fridge until required (this will store for 2 or 3 days and can be prepared well beforehand).