Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, ofe nsala w/ chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This soup is a very RICH AFRICAN DELICACY from the Eastern part of Africa Nigeria. The soup has a deep AROMATIC FLAVORS due to the spices and condiments use. How To Cook Ofe Nsala White Light Soup With Chicken
Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ofe nsala w/ chicken using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken:
- Make ready 1 whole hard chicken cut in pieces
- Make ready Cocoyam boiled and pounded
- Take 1 Tbs ground Uziza seeds
- Get Handful chopped Uziza leaves
- Get 4 Tbs ground crayfish
- Prepare 2.5 Tbs ground cayenne pepper
- Take 2 Uda crushed and deseeded
- Get Salt
- Prepare Cubes Seasoning
- Prepare Dried Fish
Ofe Nsala - White Soup is a mouth watering delicacy peculiar to the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, especially the people of Anambra state. It is a very rich fresh fish Although Catfish and other types of fishes are traditionally used for Ofe Nsala, I find it tastier with hard/ old Chicken, Goat meat and even Smoked. Ofe Nsala (Nsala Soup) is the Nigerian Soup you want to serve to your in laws. It is also the easiest and quickest soup to make.
Instructions to make Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken:
- In a clean pot, add chicken, pepper, crayfish, seasoning cubes, salt, uda, and ground Uziza seeds. Remember to add the amount of salt and seasoning that suit your taste.
- With a wooden spatula, mix ingredients thoroughly, add water to a but above the chicken, cover the pot and allow to cook till the chicken is almost completely cooked. Please, note that you may need to add more water for the chicken to cook properly.
- Add in chopped Uziza leaves and dried fish, stir, and allow to cook for 3 mins.
- Stir, then add pounded cocoyam, in small balls to the pot, stir again and allow to cook for 5 mins and your Ofe Nsala is ready. Please, note that the cocoyam is just a thickener. In the absence of cocoyam, you can use a bit of poundo powder or cocoyam powder, using a bit of water to make into a paste and add it to the pot, it will also thicken the dish. Ofe Nsala is supposed to be thick but also runny, that means you don't want the soup to be too thick that it becomes globby.
- After adding the thickener, if the soup is too thick, add some water until you get your desired consistency.
Ofe Nsala is the quickest and easiest Igbo Soup to prepare making it the choice soup for special guests who are so familiar to us that they pay us impromptu visits. Ofe nsala is a bit similar to the Efik soup called Afia Efere, but the extra condiments make it different from Nsala. In this article, however, we would be discussing how to cook Nsala Soup or White Soup as commonly called by Nigerians is a meal famous to the eastern tribe and riverine area of Nigeria. Ofe Nsala (Nsala Soup) is a delicious soup, popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. If you want to add beef, chicken or stock fish or dried fish to your Nsala soup; season and cook the meat or dried fish , with onions, seasoning cube.
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