BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu)
BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu)

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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. Bitterleaf Soup is not bitter as implied by the name. Bitterleaf soup is one of the most traditional soups in Nigeria.

BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bitter leaf soup (ofe onugbu) using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu):
  1. Take leaf Already washed bitter
  2. Take Cocoyam (enough for thicken the soup)
  3. Prepare Palm oil
  4. Take Crayfish (grounded)
  5. Get Blended pepper
  6. Take leaf Uziza
  7. Make ready Stock fish
  8. Take Dry fish
  9. Make ready Beef
  10. Make ready Ogiri
  11. Get Salt and Maggi

Enjoy the recipe and don't forget to check out my website. Bitter Leaf Soup, also known as Ofe Onugbu is a popular and delicious Nigerian soup. It is peculiar to the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria. Wash the Bitter leaves with hot water to get rid of as much bitterness as you can.

Steps to make BITTER LEAF SOUP (ofe onugbu):
  1. Wash bitter leaf properly and cut them if too long and set aside
  2. Wash the beef, dry fish and stock fish and set aside
  3. Wash and cook the cocoyam until very soft then pound it smoothly and set aside
  4. Put the meat, stock fish in a pot and add water, seasoning cube, salt and crayfish put it on fire to boil until it well cook
  5. Once they are well cook add palm oil and dry fish and allow to cook for some time then add grinded pepper and the pounded cocoyam then cover and allow to boil for some time
  6. Wash and slice the uziza leaf. Add it in the pot also the ogiri. At this point add the bitter leaf and add more Maggi and salt (if necessary) and cook for like 10 minutes. Your bitter leaf soup is ready

There should be almost no hint of bitterness left in the leaves after washing. Bitterleaf soup (Ofe onugbu) is one of Nigeria's popular delicacy that's tasty and nutritious. 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). The peculiar taste of the soup comes from the leaves used and the presence of Ogiri (fermented.

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