This Quick and Easy Suya Recipe is a spice lover's dream and can be prepared with minimal effort! Serve with tomatoes and onions as an appetizer or main.
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If you ask any West African about street food, I guarantee they will mention suya. Suya is a savory, spicy meat served on a skewer in the streets of West Africa. You can recreate it in the comfort of your own home and serve it as an appetizer or side for dinner or at parties.
If you like this suya recipe, you will enjoy my Grilled Suya Chicken Legs, Easy Ethiopian Beef Tibs, Fried Yam (Dundun) and The Best Nigerian Puff Puff.
Why You Should Try This Recipe
- This suya recipe is very quick to make because the suya spice is shop-bought.
- This recipe is low-carb. If you are a suya lover, you will enjoy these tasty Suya Chicken Wings.
- It’s filled with so much flavor and delicious spices!
- It is easy to double and triple this recipe if you are feeding a larger crowd.
Ingredients
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
- Beef: If you use frozen meat, let it thaw completely overnight in the fridge before preparing.
- Yaji spice: Select a good-quality yaji or suya spice for the best flavor. Check if the spice includes sodium. If it does, be mindful of how much salt you add.
- Onion: Select fresh white or red onions for serving.
- Tomatoes: For serving.
Tips and Substitutions
- Marinate: If you have extra time, marinate beef in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Cut: Make the beef chunks thin if you want authentic beef suya.
- Serve: Serve with onions and tomatoes on a newspaper and reserve some suya spice for serving.
How to Make Quick and Easy Suya
- Preheat oven at 175C/347F. Start by preparing the beef. Chop beef into equal-sized chunks.
2. Chop and prepare suya meat.
3. Add suya spice to a bowl. You may need to add salt to taste, as some do not contain salt.
4. Then, coat each beef chunk in suya spice.
5. Add them to a skewer (as shown).
6. Pat or drizzle oil on the beef.
7. Grill for 25-30 minutes or until done. Make sure you turn the beef halfway through.
8. Finally, enjoy this quick and easy suya recipe with suya spice, tomatoes and onions. For a full Nigerian buffet serve with Fried Plantain, Nigerian Jollof Rice and Moin Moin - Oven Baked.
Recipe FAQS
Suya is a popular West African spice with savory, smoky, spicy, and nutty flavors. It is usually used to marinate thin meat and is served on a skewer as street food in West Africa. You can make your own suya spice with ground peanuts, salt, smoked paprika, ground ginger, garlic powder, onion powder, chicken bouillon powder, and cayenne pepper or you can buy ready-made suya spice. A popular brand is Yaji suya spice.
Suya originates from the Northern part of Nigeria and has become quite popular all over West Africa as it is very affordable.
Most suya spice mixes include ground peanuts, salt, smoked paprika, ginger, garlic powder, onion powder, chicken bouillon powder and cayenne pepper. The most popular brand is Yaji, but you should feel free to use other mixes with these ingredients.
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Quick and Easy Suya Recipe
Equipment
- 1 chopping board
- Chefs knife
Ingredients
- 500 g beef
- 4-5 tablespoon of Yaji spice
- Salt to taste
- Sunflower/Vegetable oil
- 1 onion
- 2 tomatoes
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 175C/347F. Start by preparing the beef. Soak skewers in water for 30 minutes. This will prevent the skewers from burning when in the oven. Chop beef into equal sized chunks.
- Add suya spice to a bowl. You may need to add salt to taste to the suya spice as some do not contain salt.
- Then, coat each beef chunk in suya spice and add them to wet skewers (as shown).
- Pat or drizzle oil on the beef and grill for 25-30 minutes or until done. Make sure you turn the beef halfway through.
- Finally, serve as with suya spice, tomatoes and onions.
Notes
- Marinate: If you have extra time, marinate the beef in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Cut: Slice the beef into thin chunks for authentic beef suya.
- Serve: Serve the beef with onions and tomatoes on a newspaper, and save some suya spice for serving.
- Batch: Feel free to half, double or triple the ingredients in this recipe to feed more or less people.
Idil
chunky and tastee
Jen Sim
Thank you!