Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, onugbu (bitterleaf) soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Home >> Nigerian Soups Recipes >> Bitterleaf Soup (Ofe Onugbu). The name is quite misleading in that a well prepared Bitterleaf Soup should not have even the slightest bitterness. Bitterleaf soup - Ofe onugbu (as the Igbos like to call it) is very delicious and also comes third on my list of Nigerian popular soups. This soup is popular because it could be made in more than five.
Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have onugbu (bitterleaf) soup using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup:
- Make ready Chicken laps
- Take Pomo, dry fish & stockfish
- Get Washed and squeezed bitterleaf
- Get Thickener (coco yam preferably)
- Get 3 cooking spoons Red Palm Oil
- Make ready Pepper, salt and ground crayfish (to taste)
- Prepare cubes stock
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Ogiri Igbo (traditional seasoning)
I know but this soup is one that makes So on today's menu we have this delicious soup from eastern Nigeria. It is cooked with a type of vegetable called bitter leaf. like I. Hence Ofe onugbu is bitterleaf soup. The soup like most soups from the region has a meat / fish broth base and requires thickening which is done by adding pounded cocoyam paste (ede).
Steps to make Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup:
- Boil the pomo, stock fish and dry fish till properly done
- Wash the chicken and add to the pot of pomo and fish and continue cooking. When the meat is done, add 3 cubes of Maggi/Knorr and cook for 5 minutes.
- Check if bitterleaf is still too bitter, if it is, pls parboil to wash off bitterness.
- Add pepper, ground crayfish, bitter leaves and cook for 10 minutes. Then add the cocoyam paste (in small lumps) and the palm oil
- Cover the pot and leave to cook on high heat till all the cocoyam lumps have dissolved. You can add more water if you feel that the soup is too thick.
- Add salt to taste and the soup is ready. Serve with eba, semo or any other swallowables
Hence Ofe onugbu is bitterleaf soup. The soup like most soups from the region has a meat / fish broth base and requires thickening which is done by adding pounded cocoyam paste (ede). Ofe Onugbu is a popular soup in the Eastern region of Nigeria. It is the Igbo bitterleaf soup and the key ingredient for this soup as the name implies is Onugbu (bitter leaves) with cocoyam used as. Ofe onugbu is a traditional soup originating from Nigeria.
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