How to Cook Perfect Onugbo soup

How to Cook Perfect Onugbo soup Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Onugbo soup. This soup is popular because it could be made in more than five different ways by different ethnic groups in Nigeria. It can also be refrigerated for a very long time (even though I recommend two weeks at most for most Naija soups) Below is the images for Ofe Onugbu (bitterleaf soup) Here is a guide to making the much talked about "ofe onugbu". Bitterleaf Soup (Ofe Onugbu) Bitterleaf Soup.

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So on today's menu we have this delicious soup from eastern Nigeria.

You can have Onugbo soup using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Onugbo soup

1. Prepare of Long bitterleaf.

2. You need of Salt.

3. You need of Cocoyam.

4. Prepare of Pepper.

5. It’s of Knorr.

6. You need of Crayfish.

7. Prepare of Meat.

8. It’s of Stockfish.

9. It’s of Red oil.

It is cooked with a type of vegetable called bitter leaf.

Ofe onufgbo is a low carb soup because the properties of the leaf serve as a body cleanser and help you to maintain your weight.

You can cook it in three different ways, such as bitter leaf with egusi ( melon seeds ), bitter leaf with ede (coco-yam), bitter leaf with achi, bitter leaf with offor, and bitter leaf with ogbono.

After onugbu soup base has boiled very well, you can add the tickener (cocoyams).

Onugbo soup instructions

1. Cook the cocoyam and pound till is soft..

2. Cook the meat and stockfish with salt and knorr cubes.add water and red oil when it is boiling make balls of the cocoyam and add to it.

3. It will boil till it dissolves then the soup will thicken.put carTrish,Pepper,knorr cubes and salt..

4. Let it boil round,cut the Bitter leaf small rinse with salt and pour in.let it boil for 4minutes..

The quantity depends on how thick you want the soup.

If you like it light like mine, add very little thickener.

You can always adjust and add more later.

Let it boil before adding the washed bitter leaves.

Stir, check for taste and leave to cook.