Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, onugbu (bitterleaf) soup. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have onugbu (bitterleaf) soup using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Onugbu (bitterleaf) soup:

1. Get Chicken laps
2. Get Pomo, dry fish & stockfish
3. Prepare Washed and squeezed bitterleaf
4. Prepare Thickener (coco yam preferably)
5. Prepare 3 cooking spoons Red Palm Oil
6. Get Pepper, salt and ground crayfish (to taste)
7. Make ready cubes stock
8. Take 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:

1. Boil the pomo, stock fish and dry fish till properly done
2. 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.
3. Check if bitterleaf is still too bitter, if it is, pls parboil to wash off bitterness.
4. Add pepper, ground crayfish, bitter leaves and cook for 10 minutes. Then add the cocoyam paste (in small lumps) and the palm oil
5. 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.
6. 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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