Ogbono Soup
Ingredients:
~Salt
~Okra-some people add chopped okra for extra drawings of the soup (I am not among o...)
~Peppers, Chile (your choice) Minced
~Palm Oil or Vegetable oil (I like Olive oil) You can use 3 Red bell peppers(Tatashe)-minced if you prefer veggie oil for coloration.
~Ground Ogbono 1-1/2 cup (Depending on the size of soup you want)
~1 Large Onion-red, green, white, blue your choice

Please always chopped your onions in big shape, it bring out sweet aroma! (1-2inch)
~Dried grey fish-or fresh shrimp. (when using fresh shrimps in any of your cooking, it should always be the last ingredient. cook it for only 5 min...So that it will feel soft/tender when eating, you will always feel the liquid in your mouth!)
~Meats(assorted----Stock fish--Ekporoko, dried fish--cat fish or smoked-wash it with lime/lemon in hot water), Beef, goat, Cow skin--Kpomo, bush-meat

chicken--plz remove the back/fat except if its African hen

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~Greens--Spinach, turnip greens, Mustard green-for your voice if you sing

ugwu, Igbo, bitter/water-leaves (I don't bitterleaves in my Ogbono) put a slight amount of your choice of greens!
~Fresh tomatoes (optional)
Preparation:
The Worldly Way

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~The meats has been steamed! Put aside
1. Place a pot/saucepan on a medium heat-dried it. Pour 1/2cup of Palm oil or veggie oil into the pot/saucepan. heat it up for 2-3 min
2. Stir in the ogbono for 2-3min. set aside
3. Place your cooking pot on a medium heat, pour 1/2 cup of palm oil/veggie oil into the pot. Heat it up 2-3 min. Add onions, minced tomatoes, peppers, 4 min. (Stir gradually)
4. Add the stock from the meats, dried fish.Cover pot and cook for 30min-1hr.
5. Take your cooking spoon to take out a spoonful of the hot soup into your fried ogbono, smash it with the back of the spoon until smooth/tender. Pour it into the soup. Stir gently so the the fish will not break. Cook for 20 min.
6. Add the rest of the meats, cook for 15-20 min.
7. Add grey fish (I'm sure by this time you may not Maggi but taste first). Cook for 10 min.
8. Add the okra(optional, cook for 1min), your choice of green, fresh shrimp(instruction above). Cook for only 3-5 min oh...Your greens should not be cooked completely. Dinner Ready....
The Traditional way: Cook it naturally except frying ogbono.
Posted: at 1-12-2011 12:51 AM (13 years ago) | Hero |
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