Ogbono soup | How to Cook Ogbono soup
Ogbono soup is unarguably one of the most popular Nigerian soup. With this recipe and ingredients, you could cook draw soup for 12 persons.
Equipment
- Pots
Ingredients
- 1.5 KG assorted meat
- 2 cups ogbono seeds
- 200 Stockfish head
- 1 medium-size dry catfish
- 1/2 cup ground crayfish
- Fluted pumpkin a bunch
- 1 teaspoon of ogiri or ground dawadawa or okpei local ingredients (optional)
- 250 ml of palm oil
- salt and pepper to taste.
Instructions
- Wash the dried fish and stockfish and set aside.
- Season the meat with a teaspoon of salt, onions and two seasoning cubes. Allow to boil, then cook till it becomes tender.
- Once the meat is well cooked and the water is almost dried, add 5-7 cups of water to it.
- Add the cleaned dried fish and stockfish, 250ml of palm oil, ground crayfish.
- Stir and allow to boil for 10 minutes
- Add salt and pepper to taste, add another seasoning cube, add the ground ogbono seeds, stir and cook for another five minutes.
- Remember to stir in-between so you don't let it burn.
- Taste your soups and add salt to taste.
- Add the vegetables (bitter leaves or flute pumpkin)
- Stir and allow to simmer for three minutes after adding the bitter leaves.
- Serve Ogbono soup with Eba, fufu or semo.