Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, onugbu (bitterleaf) soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bitterleaf Soup is not bitter as implied by the name. Find out how to cook this traditional soup recipe. Bitterleaf soup is one of the most traditional soups in Nigeria.
Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook onugbu (bitterleaf) soup using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup:
- Get Chicken laps
- Get Pomo, dry fish & stockfish
- Take Washed and squeezed bitterleaf
- Prepare Thickener (coco yam preferably)
- Prepare 3 cooking spoons Red Palm Oil
- Take Pepper, salt and ground crayfish (to taste)
- Get cubes stock
- Get 1 teaspoon Ogiri Igbo (traditional seasoning)
Delicious Bitterleaf Soup(Ofe Onugbu) Delicious and Bitter don't sound right together Right? 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.
Instructions 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
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). Bitter Leaf Soup, also known as Ofe Onugbu is a popular and delicious Nigerian soup. Wash the Bitter leaves with hot water to get rid of as much bitterness as you can. There should be almost no hint of bitterness left in the leaves after washing. The soup is made from the bitter leaf which is a very nutritious vegetable to incorporate into your Bitter leaf soup is also popular amongst the Igbo tribe and also for its unique taste that can be denied.
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