Step-by-Step Guide to Make Quick Ofe Owerri

Jason Lindsey   27/06/2020 00:10

Ofe Owerri
Ofe Owerri

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, ofe owerri. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ofe Owerri is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Ofe Owerri is something which I have loved my whole life.

Ofe Owerri was made popular by an Igbo song that says that he who is not rich does not eat Ofe Owerri LOL. This is because several types of meat and fish are used when preparing Ofe Owerri. Ofe Owerri is one of the most expensive Nigerian soups; it is made with assorted meat (which is Ofe owerri simply means Owerri soup (soup indigenous to the people of Owerri).

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have ofe owerri using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Ofe Owerri:
  1. Take Assorted meats, chicken, catfish, offal, stockfish, dried fish,
  2. Prepare 1 bit of uziza, ugu and ukazi leaves to get a handful, seasoning
  3. Make ready Palm oil, ogili, salt and pepper, cocoyam, water
  4. Prepare Bulgur wheat in place of semo

Ofe Owerri, is a delicious traditional soup from Owerri, Imo state(Eastern Nigeria). Ofe owerri is a nutricious vegetable soup usually flavoured with aromatic oha and uziza leaves. It is called ofe owerri because it is an indigenous soup of the owerri people of Imo state. Ofe Owerri , which is usually prepared with two different vegetables namely Uziza and Ugu or Uziza and Ukazi, is a favourite of the Igbos from Imo State, South-eastern Nigeria.

Instructions to make Ofe Owerri:
  1. Start by soaking your stockfish for around an hour. After that peel and cook your coco yam until it is very soft; then pound it in a mortar until the paste comes out smooth.
  2. Wash the meat or chicken very well before putting it in a pot; season it to your taste, add a little water and cook till almost soft and edible. Add the stockfish, dry fish. Wash your cat fish with ACV to kill any form of bacteria.
  3. When you have confirmed that your meat is done, you can add your washed cat fish and leave to cook for 4 minutes. Then you can add pepper, crayfish and palm oil.
  4. After about 2 minutes, add coco yam in bits and leave to dissolve. Put shredded leaves, ogili and salt to taste, stir and then leave to simmer for about 5 minutes.
  5. Bring down your pot of nutritious Ofe Owerri because it is ready for consumption. I prefer bulgur wheat as swallow… Enjoy!

Ofe Owerri, is a very popular traditional vegetable soup from the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria. "Ofe" means soup and "Owerri" is the capital of Imo state in South Eastern Nigeria, so as you can. If you have never heard or tried Ofe Owerri (sometimes spelled as Ofe Owere), you are definitely in for a treat. Ofe Owerri simply translates to Owerri Soup. You would think that, being recognised as an Owerri local delicacy. First, I will like to give a big shout out to Chef Fregz, for his post on The Saks Fifth Avenue Pantry.

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