Christmas day starters recipes is one of the most important recipes for Christmas day. But for some reasons, they are very well neglected in Nigeria.
So while the planning of the killing and cooking of chickens is on going, let us add starters to the groove. Moreover, it is rather sad that few people talk about the starters. Most importantly, we should be aware that starters are supposed to be the game stater.
Also, in the cooking of fried rice, jollof rice and and all of those endless list of food. People tend to forget one of the most vital components of Christmas day food which is in fact the starters.
For that reason, I am going to walk you through to some Christmas day starters recipes. So, do stick around while I take you on this journey.
So, here are some Christmas starter recipes crafted out just the way Nigerian love it. Firstly, the number one on the list for this Christmas 2019 is Spicy goat meat.
Christmas Day starters Recipes Are
1. Spicy Goat Goodness
Firstly, this spicy goodness will kick start your appetite for the Christmas day enjoyment. Most importantly, below are the ingredients you need to make this yummy appetiser for Christmas 2019
List of ingredients
- Goat meat
- Sweet potato
- Ripened plantain
- Habanero pepper
- Paprika
- Ginger
- Garlic
- Salt
- Oregano
- vegetable oil
- Fresh tomato
- Onion
- Seasoning cube
- Green bell pepper
Cooking procedure
- Peel the plantain, cut it into cubes and fry it
- Wash, peel out the skin of the potato, dice it and fry
- Chop the habanero pepper, onions, green bell pepper. tomatoes and set aside
- Dice the garlic, ginger and set aside
- Cook and fry the goat meat
- Put some vegetable oil on a pan, heat it up and fry the onions, tomato until the sour taste is gone
- Pour in the garlic, ginger, pepper, oregano and a little paprika
- Put salt, seasoning cubes and stir
- Throw in the fried goat meat, potato, plantain into the pan and stir
- Put the green bell pepper and turn of the cooker
After that, dish it and serve.

2. Gizzard And Dodo Christmas Starter
Secondly, gizzard and do recipe is pretty much like the spicy goat meat goodness recipe.
List Of Ingredients
- Ripened plantain
- Gizard
- Habanero pepper
- Paprika
- Ginger
- Garlic
- Salt
- Bay leaf
- vegetable oil
- Fresh tomato
- Onion
- Seasoning cube
- Green, red and yellow bell pepper
Cooking Procedure
- Blend the tomato, habanero pepper and all the fresh spices
- Chop all the bell peppers and set aside
- Fry the tomatoes until it is no longer sour
- Put the spices and pepper, stir it
- Wash and put the gizzard into the pot
- But one or two bay leaf, add salt, seasoning cubes, paprika and stir
- Cook for about 15 -20 minutes
- Put chop bell peppers and stir, dish it and serve

3. Asorted Pepper Soup
Finally, assorted pepper soup is the last in this Nigeria Christmas day starters recipes
List Of Ingredients
- Cow meat and intestine
- Seasoning cubes
- African Nutmeg (ehuru)
- Uziza seed
- Scotch bonnet pepper
- Paprika
- Ginger
- Garlic
- Salt
- Onion
- Scent leaf
- Red bell pepper
Cooking procedure
- Cut all the different parts of the meat into small pieces and wash it thoroughly to get rid of sound and crushed bones. Moreover, because it is a pepper soup, you don’t want to use your bare hands to tear the meat while eating
- Grind the uziza seed, African nutmeg, ginger and garlic. Use a very small amount of garlic and ginger
- Chop the pepper, scent leaf and the red bell pepper. Also, chop the scotch bonnet pepper into tiny pieces
- Put the chicken into a pot, add the spices. I.e the garlic, ginger, African nutmeg, salt, seasoning cubes, and paprika
- Stir it as it cooks gradually. Keep turning it to get the spices into meat
- Add water at the same level with the chicken level and let it cook
- Also, put the chopped red bell and scotch bonnet pepper and stir
- Cook for about 1 – 2 minutes
- Add scent leaf, stir and get it down
Summarily, dish it and serve

In conclusion, aside the recipes above, Nigeria have a lot of starters we can take adavantage of.
And, some of them include chicken pepper soup, Asun, samosa, puff puff and so on.
So, which of these startees are you making this 2019 Christmass day?