Bitter Leaf Soup(Ofe Onugbu)
Bitter Leaf Soup(Ofe Onugbu)

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, bitter leaf soup(ofe onugbu). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Bitter Leaf Soup(Ofe Onugbu) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook bitter leaf soup(ofe onugbu) using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Bitter Leaf Soup(Ofe Onugbu):
  1. Prepare 1 kg beef
  2. Get Half kg goat meat
  3. Take 3 knorr cubes
  4. Make ready 4 cups raw palm nut
  5. Get 1 large dry fish
  6. Prepare 1 cup shredded stock
  7. Make ready 1 wrap ogiri
  8. Take 1 tablespoon grounded Cameron pepper
  9. Prepare 2 tablespoons grounded crayfish
  10. Prepare 2 heap tablespoons of ground achi
  11. Make ready 2 hand full of washed bitter leaves
  12. Prepare to taste Salt

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 and season your meat with two knorr cubes and salt, the boil till tender, half way boiling your meat add the stock fish
  2. Boil and extract the juice from your palm nut then pour in your cooking pot and set on fire, allow to Cook for ten minutes
  3. Next add the meat and meat stock to the pot then continue to cook for about ten minutes, then add the dry fish and pepper cook for few more minutes then the achi and allow to start thickening
  4. Lastly, add the bitter leaf, taste and adjust the taste with the remaining knorr cube and salt, allow to thicken to your desired consistency then bring down

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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