Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, onugbu (bitterleaf) soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. 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 in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook onugbu (bitterleaf) soup using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup:
- Take Chicken laps
- Get Pomo, dry fish & stockfish
- Make ready Washed and squeezed bitterleaf
- Prepare Thickener (coco yam preferably)
- Make ready 3 cooking spoons Red Palm Oil
- Make ready Pepper, salt and ground crayfish (to taste)
- Prepare cubes stock
- Get 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).
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
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. My love for Onugbu soup knows no bounds. And cooking it for weekend is not a bad one.
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